Been running into a bit of a conundrum while detecting especially around docks; between the waves on the docks, my air bubbles, and my regulator sounds, I'm having a hard time hearing my detector's signals and not just the faint ones.
I am keen to remember the adage "never hold your breath" while diving. So there's my conundrum. I can't hear what I need to hear unless I slow, pace, or pause my breathing.
So that is what I've been doing, I breath in at the beginning of my detector sweep, and breath out at the end of the sweep. Each sweep takes about two seconds. So basically I'm just regulating my breathing to one breath every 4 seconds, or 15 breaths/minute. Sometimes though, I hear a faint signal that I must concentrate on and unless I stop breathing for a few more seconds I can't hear it over the noise and isolate the signal.
So what's a diver to do? Under what conditions can I pause my breathing for more than a few seconds and what would be the best technique for doing so?
I am keen to remember the adage "never hold your breath" while diving. So there's my conundrum. I can't hear what I need to hear unless I slow, pace, or pause my breathing.
So that is what I've been doing, I breath in at the beginning of my detector sweep, and breath out at the end of the sweep. Each sweep takes about two seconds. So basically I'm just regulating my breathing to one breath every 4 seconds, or 15 breaths/minute. Sometimes though, I hear a faint signal that I must concentrate on and unless I stop breathing for a few more seconds I can't hear it over the noise and isolate the signal.
So what's a diver to do? Under what conditions can I pause my breathing for more than a few seconds and what would be the best technique for doing so?