Drysuit (shell) and weight.

[Gombessa]

$99 covers pool instruction, and instructor fees. Then you must sign up for OW dives which are a few hundred. I may end up going that route. The dives they do are typically a lot of fun.

So it's an excuse to do more dives? I'm 100% in favor of that

 

[micklock]

ankle weights helped me out alot resticts air from boots and keep the down.

 

[Reef]

It's nice to feel a bit of accomplishment.

Over the weekend I dove with 28 pounds with the drysuit.

I'm 212 pounds without any gear.

I barely touched the inflator, and hovered without any problems.

There is still some tweaking to be done, but what a difference.

I even ditched the DUI weight belt I was using.

Thanks for all of the excellent advice.