Needed gear?

[lamont]

2. The 40# wing is a bit of overkill for single tank drysuit diving, you may want to consider a smaller wing, like the Eclipse 30 #

The 40# wing has roughly the same profile as the 30# wing, but for a newbie diver it allows much more room for error in weighting. Until you learn about weighting, I think you're better off with 10# or so overengineering in the wing lift department.

That isn't a DIR answer, but from experience, I've done some dumb weighting mistakes while learning how to dive, and the 40# wing has given me latitude to be stupid and not wind up dead in 4 fsw of water...