UCFKnightDiver
Contributor
Meh, if you're relatively neutral, I wouldn't worry too much about taking big breaths to make small changes to your location in the water column. Just make sure to exhale relatively soon after the change. If making big changes, use your BCD, though often you can take a big breath in which starts your upward momentum and then that momentum more or less continues on it's own with you breathing normally. I don't think I'd classify what I'm suggesting as skip breathing but at times I do hold a big breath for a second or two, though I don't close off my airway. Just my 2 cents anyway