advice for diver changing to BPW

[tep]

Well, mixed results. First - COOOOLD! 51F at 75 ft (Ruby E) and also at 55 ft (NOSC tower). Who knows, the next step be a dry suit.

20lbs (14 on the belt and 6 for the plate) - I was at least a tad overweighted. The main thing is that I was very feet heavy. It was hard work being horizontal.

Then I remembered that I usually had 8-10 lbs in the shoulder pockets in the KnightHawk to trim out. So I clearly need to find a way to get a fair amount of weight mulch higher on my body.

One suggestion was to use the Highland V pouches, one on each side, attaching them to the bolt holes on the edges of the plate. The other of course is weights on the upper cam band.

 

[RobPNW]

Don't second guess yourself and then add more weight at the last minute. I did that my first time diving open water in a BPW and was quite heavy on the dive. Normal weight minus weight of the steel. Don't feel the need to add more.

And Wreck Alley is much more comfortable in a drysuit. Just sayin'. Check out the Coronados - the sea lions are very cool this time of year.

I did the normal weight minus the weight of the plate and sank like a rock. Apparently, there's a lot of extra buoyancy in all the typical BCD "stuff".