SlugLife
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Standard Disclaimer: Everyone should do the standard weight-checks, and adjust their weight according to their buoyancy at the beginning and end of a dive.
It occurs to me I have no idea how much additional lead I'll need for diving in salt-water. I'll know the answer to my question in a few days, but wanted to create this thread to be potentially useful for others. I'm curious if people could share the difference in weight they tends to use when diving in salt versus freshwater. If you can share:
Generally:
For example:
It occurs to me I have no idea how much additional lead I'll need for diving in salt-water. I'll know the answer to my question in a few days, but wanted to create this thread to be potentially useful for others. I'm curious if people could share the difference in weight they tends to use when diving in salt versus freshwater. If you can share:
Generally:
- Body-Weight lbs/kg
- BCD / Rig type & Tanks - Ideally shared between setups below.
- Amount of Lead
- Wetsuit thickness, or drysuit
- Salt or Freshwater
For example:
- Weight 165lbs / 75kg
- sidemount, no backplate but plenty of hardware, Alternate between 2x AL80, or 1x80 & 1x full AL19
- 5lbs / 2.25kg lead
- 5mm wetsuit
- freshwater
- ??? lbs lead - Hopefully I'll know soon, this is just an example
- 7mm wetsuit
- salt-water