Good advice, that.
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Snowbear:PerroneFord ~ welcome to the board!
May I suggest something? Rather than add the complications, weight and task-loading of doubles, find a few buddy/mentors who are willing to do some shore dives with you while you sort out your skills and buoyancy control. Getting out and just diving will go farther towards improving your hooverism than adding to your task loading will
ArcticDiver:Hey PerroneFord you asked some questions in another section. Take a look at the answers.
Its OK to be intense. Snowbear and I are some of the most intense people you are ever going to meet. But your flame is burning way too bright. Dim it down a bit and just enjoy your new love.
With a bit of experience all your questions will answer themselves.
Welcome to the neatest hobby around and some of the nicest people a person could ever hope to associate with.
PerroneFord:OUCH!! RIGHT IN THE FACE!
Damn, it's hard being fat...
RiverRat:While you work on this stuff you can then start to think about your weight issue and trimming down a bit.
dolbersen:Hi, I'm a very VERY new diver. At my last dive my SAC was ~ 18 psi / min, I really can't imagine how some of you can breath so lightly (less than 1 psi / min?)
I've got a huge lung capacity, think that's part of the problem? I'm also diving in relatively cool San Diego water with some surge and such to fight against.
Aside from "diving more", are there any specific tips to getting more time out of my tank? I think I've got my weighting about right, I'll be doing the weight check every dive I can. The weight check is, @ ~ 500 PSI, float about eye level, full breath takes you slightly up, empty lungs covers your head with water, right?