Buoyancy Tips...

[diveasr]

i still cant believe no one has flamed the guy who said that you spend your tank faster if you do deep breaths, so i will take a go at it

the impulsion to breath is created by the need to expell co2, not to accept o2. thats why you can faint if you hyperventilate, because you purify all the co2 from your lungs, then you forget to breath, then you faint. so if you brath shalowly your co2 levels increase, then you have to take more breaths, so the frequency that you need to inhale pretty much counteracts the lower volume of the shalower breaths

if im mistaken please correct me
btw the flame thing was a joke im trying to explain a point in wich i think you are wrong

 

[Scott T]

One of the things Bob taught me was that, when you start to empty your BC on the surface, start to INHALE. Everybody thinks they should EXHALE at that point, but if you do, when your head goes underwater, you're ready to inhale, and that stops your descent. If you inhale on the surface, then, as your head goes underwater, you do a forced exhalation, empty your lungs completely, and you'll continue down.

Sounds like Spartacle has hit routine down, but for me, with this having been an issue in the past, I'll definitely try this next time.

Scott T