I'm waiting for the DIR Fundamentals book to arrive in the mail and the answer may be in there, but I thought I'd ask. I tried to search the board for specific answers with reasons to my questions and couldn't find them.
I've done searches on bouyancy and seem to come up with 2 schools of thought on how to adjust one's weighting.
I was taught to adjust my weight so that motionless with no air in my BC I should float eye level at surface. I've seen advice to that end on the board.
There seems to be another school of thought that your weight should be adjusted so that motionless with no air in your BC you should be neutral at 10 ft. (your final deco/safety stop). It seems that in a wetsuit this would make it increasingly difficult to hold your 10 ft. stop if you were to drift up a couple of feet (because of a more bouyant suit). It also seems that at surface you would have to swim your suit down for the first 10 ft. because you are too positive.
Are these two different schools of thought or did I miss something in my thought process?
What is the DIR perspective and why?
Does the answer change if you are diving wet or dry?
Thanks.
Christian
I've done searches on bouyancy and seem to come up with 2 schools of thought on how to adjust one's weighting.
I was taught to adjust my weight so that motionless with no air in my BC I should float eye level at surface. I've seen advice to that end on the board.
There seems to be another school of thought that your weight should be adjusted so that motionless with no air in your BC you should be neutral at 10 ft. (your final deco/safety stop). It seems that in a wetsuit this would make it increasingly difficult to hold your 10 ft. stop if you were to drift up a couple of feet (because of a more bouyant suit). It also seems that at surface you would have to swim your suit down for the first 10 ft. because you are too positive.
Are these two different schools of thought or did I miss something in my thought process?
What is the DIR perspective and why?
Does the answer change if you are diving wet or dry?
Thanks.
Christian