Instead of making 2 seperate threads, i figured I would cram both of these into this one.
1) What size of BC do I wear?
I am planning on purchasing my BC online as I am seeing them much cheaper than at my LDS where he has $499 price tags on everything he has.
Basically, let me describe my body shape to you. I am very tall, 6'11" to be exact. I'm quite thin, weigh about 210 and wear a 34 waist pants size. So I'm trying to figure out if i should go with a XL BC to compensate for my height or if I should go with somethin smaller to make sure it fits around me properly. Any suggestions?
2) Equalizing...
First of all, i'm not sure if this is a normal thing or not... I was toying around with my new basic equipment (Mask, fin, Snorkel) at the local lake this weekend (really muddy one, but just wanted to check out how my mask worked and stuff...)
Anyhow, one of my fins came loose and it sank straight to the bottom which was about 15 foot deep.
My father, who used to go scuba diving fairly often but hasn't in 20 years and is finally getting certified.... he believes that you should be able to go to the bottom of 15 foot without your ears hurting... is this true?
Me and my brother both were having some problems getting down that deep to find my fin without our ears throbbing. (btw, we ended up finding it after about 4 hours of searching)
Is this normal? I found that I had to equalize (which was also sometimes a problem for me). I just want to make sure that before I go into this class that we don't have some kind of problems with our ears. Are you supposed to have to equalize in that shallow of water?
Another thing that had me wondering this, while i was in Florida at Blue Springs, there were several smaller kids who were going about 30 ft deep into the spring with a single breath of air. It appeared to me that they never once had to stop to equalize or anything like that....
1) What size of BC do I wear?
I am planning on purchasing my BC online as I am seeing them much cheaper than at my LDS where he has $499 price tags on everything he has.
Basically, let me describe my body shape to you. I am very tall, 6'11" to be exact. I'm quite thin, weigh about 210 and wear a 34 waist pants size. So I'm trying to figure out if i should go with a XL BC to compensate for my height or if I should go with somethin smaller to make sure it fits around me properly. Any suggestions?
2) Equalizing...
First of all, i'm not sure if this is a normal thing or not... I was toying around with my new basic equipment (Mask, fin, Snorkel) at the local lake this weekend (really muddy one, but just wanted to check out how my mask worked and stuff...)
Anyhow, one of my fins came loose and it sank straight to the bottom which was about 15 foot deep.
My father, who used to go scuba diving fairly often but hasn't in 20 years and is finally getting certified.... he believes that you should be able to go to the bottom of 15 foot without your ears hurting... is this true?
Me and my brother both were having some problems getting down that deep to find my fin without our ears throbbing. (btw, we ended up finding it after about 4 hours of searching)
Is this normal? I found that I had to equalize (which was also sometimes a problem for me). I just want to make sure that before I go into this class that we don't have some kind of problems with our ears. Are you supposed to have to equalize in that shallow of water?
Another thing that had me wondering this, while i was in Florida at Blue Springs, there were several smaller kids who were going about 30 ft deep into the spring with a single breath of air. It appeared to me that they never once had to stop to equalize or anything like that....