New Divers - training out of the water - suggestions?

[Lizard Leg]

We have a 100 miles of lakes, bayous and rivers. None of them I'd get in to dive though. At most 2' vis. Alligators. Swamp critters, snakes, etc. I have never heard of anyone, ever, diving around here other than commercial divers.

Closest spot to me to get wet is Pensacola. About 5 hours each way, including stops and no traffic. Doing three tanks there Friday morning. Last time I was there bottom temp at 51' was 82º-84º. All of the dive shops here, and all of the ones within 100 miles of me, all go to Pensacola for check out dives.

 

[TSandM]

Having once set foot in Mobile Bay in the summertime, I can understand that you might dive without exposure protection! But it's still salt water, so the weighting will be different.

 

[Lizard Leg]

Yeah, I guess it's just more getting the percentages worked out between the two for me. I've been wearing 4 lbs in fresh and 10 in salt with an AL80. If I can get good trim and buoancy at this weight in fresh then THIS weight should give me close to the same in salt, with the same tank, etc.