dbulmer
Contributor
Bob,
I once did a dive on nitrox where my buoyancy control was so miserable that I could have ended up at 70m - my buddy swore at me at 24m - at 30m I bounced off the bottom in Wile E Coyoyte style.
My point is that a new diver struggling with decent buoyancy control is better off developing better skills to start with either with a mentor or through paid tuition. At the time my buoyancy skills were usually better than that but on that day I got to learn how sound really travels underwater
I once did a dive on nitrox where my buoyancy control was so miserable that I could have ended up at 70m - my buddy swore at me at 24m - at 30m I bounced off the bottom in Wile E Coyoyte style.
My point is that a new diver struggling with decent buoyancy control is better off developing better skills to start with either with a mentor or through paid tuition. At the time my buoyancy skills were usually better than that but on that day I got to learn how sound really travels underwater