jimmyboy
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is there any easy way to figure out proper weighting from freshwater to saltwater, in other words if I use 20 pounds in freshwater what would I use in saltwater with all the same gear and wetsuit? Thanks
freshwater vs saltwater?
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O2BBubbleFree
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That seems to be a common question, one that's been asked here many times.
Try this answer:
http://www.scubaboard.com/t67012-.html
Try this answer:
http://www.scubaboard.com/t67012-.html
donacheson
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jimmyboy:
Sure. Add 2.5% (1/40th) of your total (you and all your gear) weight.
Moogyboy
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I posted this reply to the other thread:
For whatever reason, when I went to Florida & Bimini this past May--my first time diving in saltwater--I ended up adding what seemed like a LOT of weight. I usually dive about 9-11 lbs in freshwater with either my 3/2mm shorty or without a wetsuit. In the ocean I had to use about 18 lbs if memory serves. Go figure. I had to abort my first dive because I was so ludicrously underweighted, and got dehydrated and seasick adding weights to my belt on that boat. (This was BEFORE I got on the Blackbeard's boat, btw...no trouble at all later, on the Sea Explorer
)
cheers
Billy S.
For whatever reason, when I went to Florida & Bimini this past May--my first time diving in saltwater--I ended up adding what seemed like a LOT of weight. I usually dive about 9-11 lbs in freshwater with either my 3/2mm shorty or without a wetsuit. In the ocean I had to use about 18 lbs if memory serves. Go figure. I had to abort my first dive because I was so ludicrously underweighted, and got dehydrated and seasick adding weights to my belt on that boat. (This was BEFORE I got on the Blackbeard's boat, btw...no trouble at all later, on the Sea Explorer
)cheers
Billy S.
