mnjhuz76
Contributor
I had the chance to dive a Zeagle 911 for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Right away I fell in love with the concept and bought one.
I'm still struggeling with one thing, though. To start my descent from the surface, I'm upright in the water left shoulder a little higher the right one, push the deflate button, exhale completely and start sinking. But only like about 2 ft, then my descent stops. In order to get any deeper, I have to flip over and actively swim down. Once I get beyond let's say 12 ft, everything is fine and I have no further problems during the dive. I can even easily stay at shallower depths than 12 ft. It seems as if I just have to get beyond this point once.
Also when ascending at the end of the dive, I'm not popping out of the water. I can maintain a perfectly slow ascend-rate. Once on the surface, trying to get down again would result in the same problem as described above.
Before the 911 I used to dive a jacket-style bcd and didn't have that problem. I was told to add 4 lbs with the 911 which I did (otherwise I probably wouldn't start descending at all).
It feels as if there's some air trapped in the bcd that prevents me from sinking any further during my initial descent. Once at a certain depth the water pressure seems to take care of that problem (at least that's my only explanation for not shooting up to the surface at the end of the dive).
Is there any kind of 'special move' I can make to make sure there is no air trapped in the bcd?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm still struggeling with one thing, though. To start my descent from the surface, I'm upright in the water left shoulder a little higher the right one, push the deflate button, exhale completely and start sinking. But only like about 2 ft, then my descent stops. In order to get any deeper, I have to flip over and actively swim down. Once I get beyond let's say 12 ft, everything is fine and I have no further problems during the dive. I can even easily stay at shallower depths than 12 ft. It seems as if I just have to get beyond this point once.
Also when ascending at the end of the dive, I'm not popping out of the water. I can maintain a perfectly slow ascend-rate. Once on the surface, trying to get down again would result in the same problem as described above.
Before the 911 I used to dive a jacket-style bcd and didn't have that problem. I was told to add 4 lbs with the 911 which I did (otherwise I probably wouldn't start descending at all).
It feels as if there's some air trapped in the bcd that prevents me from sinking any further during my initial descent. Once at a certain depth the water pressure seems to take care of that problem (at least that's my only explanation for not shooting up to the surface at the end of the dive).
Is there any kind of 'special move' I can make to make sure there is no air trapped in the bcd?
Thanks in advance for your help!