I noticed something the other day that I want to share just to get people to watch it for themselves.
I was diving with a couple of students after they finished their rescue day (just burning off the air we had left). They were diving together and I was just following them around and feeling a bit bored so I started counting their fin strokes to mine.
I've seen people flap and fin a lot before and these divers weren't unusual at all but even though I had heavier equipement on than they did and I was wearing a drysuit while they were wet the diver I was counting did a whopping 17 fin strokes to every 4 of mine.
I've never counted this before but the difference was really remarkable. What wasn't so remarkable is that I did the whole dive on 450 litres of air while the other two needed 1100 and 900 resprectively for the same dive (based on checking pressure before and after we finished).
Don't take this as bragging, take it as an observation and as a challenge. Watch your buddy, watch yourself and concentrate on moving the same distance with fewer (more efficient) fin strokes. Also, make sure you take full advantage of kick-and-glide and hovering to reduce the amount of flapping around you need to keep your trim.
R..
I was diving with a couple of students after they finished their rescue day (just burning off the air we had left). They were diving together and I was just following them around and feeling a bit bored so I started counting their fin strokes to mine.
I've seen people flap and fin a lot before and these divers weren't unusual at all but even though I had heavier equipement on than they did and I was wearing a drysuit while they were wet the diver I was counting did a whopping 17 fin strokes to every 4 of mine.
I've never counted this before but the difference was really remarkable. What wasn't so remarkable is that I did the whole dive on 450 litres of air while the other two needed 1100 and 900 resprectively for the same dive (based on checking pressure before and after we finished).
Don't take this as bragging, take it as an observation and as a challenge. Watch your buddy, watch yourself and concentrate on moving the same distance with fewer (more efficient) fin strokes. Also, make sure you take full advantage of kick-and-glide and hovering to reduce the amount of flapping around you need to keep your trim.
R..