ditching weight

Newly qualified diver here. I run a Xdeep backplate and wing and I have weight pockets that have a ditching system that slide onto the harness and bolt to the backplate. I dive cold water/drysuit so it’s not a small amount of weight that I carry on a typical dive. I’ve noticed people that dive...

Attached to the bottom of this post are 2 large Excel spreadsheets called Buoyancy Estimator v25d.xlsx (for current Excel), and Buoyancy Estimator 25d.xls (for Excel 97-03) that are designed to answer many of the questions suggested by the topics mentioned below. Taking the time to look at data...