Best Breathing technique

[chillyinCanada]

How much use does your BCD get? By this I mean, how often are you inflating deflating, inflating your BCD at depth? This too uses your air supply.

If you are properly weighted, you should be able to dive most of the dive with minimal air inflation.

 

[Kareemovitch]

How much use does your BCD get? By this I mean, how often are you inflating deflating, inflating your BCD at depth? This too uses your air supply.

If you are properly weighted, you should be able to dive most of the dive with minimal air inflation.

i dont use my bcd too much..only adjust my bouyant one time then i move

 

[scubadada]

i dont use my bcd too much..only adjust my bouyant one time then i move

As it should be, neutrally buoyant at depth and then vent the BC as one uses gas and ascends. Does not use much gas.

 

[ScubaWithTurk]

The best advice I received on breathing was as I was working on lowering my SAC. I was very focused on how I was breathing and I was getting frustrated.

I was told to stop thinking about breathing and just relax. Hands down the best advice I received. When you stop, hover and stare at, say a clownfish in an anemone, you relax and you are only focused on the marine life. Relaxing is they key and you can't do that when you are constantly thinking about how you are breathing.

Dive, dive, dive and enjoy the marine life.

 

[Neilwood]

The best advice I received on breathing was as I was working on lowering my SAC. I was very focused on how I was breathing and I was getting frustrated.

I was told to stop thinking about breathing and just relax. Hands down the best advice I received. When you stop, hover and stare at, say a clownfish in an anemone, you relax and you are only focused on the marine life. Relaxing is they key and you can't do that when you are constantly thinking about how you are breathing.

Dive, dive, dive and enjoy the marine life.

Agreed - the times when my air consumption was best was on dives where my attention was elsewhere and I was just enjoying the dive.

 

[CamC]

Best breathing technique? Come on guys, its just like sex. In, Out, Repeat as needed.

But what do I do for the remaining 59 minutes of my one hour dive?

 

[hroark2112]

But what do I do for the remaining 59 minutes of my one hour dive?

I would strongly recommend you do not roll over and fall asleep!