Is it better to be tall or short in scuba diving?

[nhdiving]

Gift and a curse really. Boats can seem smaller and more cramped, but the gear might not feel proportionally as heavy compared to smaller person.

 

[MacDuyver]

Hello divers, I'm 6'3" and new to scuba diving. I was just wondering if being tall is advantageous in scuba diving because it gives me more leverage and longer limbs to propel on water?

aside from swimming biomechanics there isn’t really an advantage. Even in swimming w the fins and all the gear it’s not as pronounced of an advantage as with competitive nearly naked swimming where you use your arms. Larger humans tend to go faster but consume more oxygen. Shorter tend to go slower but consume less.

Skill conquers most things in diving.

 

[happy-diver]

but nothing beats the ability to walk through divers and their gear holding onto the roof frame of a moving boat

 

[TheSnowBeast]

As a ge realization, especially for newer divers, the shorter you are the smaller your lungs tend to be and the better your SAC rate. Though with experience and conditioning the taller divers improve

But larger tanks are awkward in a shorter diver and that never changes. Unless they go sidemount

 

[rhwestfall]

but nothing beats the ability to walk through divers and their gear holding onto the roof frame of a moving boat

But not hit your head....

 

[Captsquid17]

Shorter! use less material to make wet suits so they cost cheaper. Or at least I tell myself that.

 

[The Chairman]

It's best to be in the water.

 

[thesk8nmidget]

being small and short is nice.. i save money on weight.

 

[Phteven]

I'm not super tall at 6'3 but there was an f-up at the factory and I got the torso of a super tall person and the legs of a normal person. This makes gearing up on the bench an annoying process, so I normally disconnect the buckles on my BCD harness and reconnect them in place rather than try and wriggle around and get my arms through.

 

[waterr]

Hello divers, I'm 6'3" and new to scuba diving. I was just wondering if being tall is advantageous in scuba diving because it gives me more leverage and longer limbs to propel on water?

No, it doesn't work that way, height plays little to no role in my experience. The type of fins might allow some benefits.