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Duck dive descent?
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Scuba_Aaron
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Don't really care for an aggressive descent, I like it nice an easy. 
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For some reason, I've never really done it, though you'd think it would be automatic to do since I snorkeled down to 10' or so bottoms for decades prior to OW cert. (well, it's called free diving now). As well, I favour pulling myself down head first on an anchor line as fast as OK with an instabuddy. If I'm descending to a bottom of 30' on my shore dives I will go feet first--maybe because that's just the way I first was taught. I do think it helps with maintaining the direction where I want to swim (I usually take a compass reading on surface first as well, but sometimes a quick feet down drop is all I need to get going to exactly where I want to go).
2airishuman
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Typically I do a duck dive when in 7mm because I am buoyant at the surface. Otherwise I enter feet first and try to reach a prone position early and descend that way.
With gear, a duck dive poses greater risk of hitting your head. I see that as the main drawback.
With gear, a duck dive poses greater risk of hitting your head. I see that as the main drawback.
Almost every dive, though it does also depend on my buddy's style or needs.
Oz Chris
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I’ll do this to get me a couple of metres under then I’ll get into proper trim and do a gentle descent.
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Dive in head first from the boat see youse all later for an hour good riddance
especially in biggish current or when using the the anchor or other down line.
especially in biggish current or when using the the anchor or other down line.
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By "reviewing photos" do you mean photos taken of you doing during descent?
What you described is a normal descent. Holding your BC hose up and letting the air out and dropping down feet first is weird--it's like taking an elevator to the bottom. I usually do it the weird way on dive boats but not when I'm alone.
What you described is a normal descent. Holding your BC hose up and letting the air out and dropping down feet first is weird--it's like taking an elevator to the bottom. I usually do it the weird way on dive boats but not when I'm alone.
I don't even do it on dive boats, as long as my buddy, assuming I have one, doesn't need me to do so.
clownfishsydney
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In over 4,000 dives I have only ever gone down head first. I have also never seen anyone descend any other way.
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