Sinkers?

[lamont]

I'm not particularly lean, but on a full inhale in fresh water i have to lean back and the water line comes just over my chin and on a line back around my ears. Without tipping my head back, my mouth is underwater. On an exhale I sink like a rock. I don't know how well I float in salt water with no exposure protection since the salt water around here is chilly...

 

[freediver]

I am a definite sinker but being blessed with an 8 liter built-in BCD in my chest, it makes floating very manageable.

 

[DennisW]

Walter is one of those sinkers. Well, he used to be, I'm not sure anymore. LOL

 

[Pat Mustard]

I too am a royal sinker. Just as lamont described, I barely float when my lungs are completely full. Funnily enough, in the pool last night I mimicked letting the air out of my BC, (while breathing out), and I promptly sank just like a diving descent!
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I actually found swimming very hard growing up because if it, and learnt to dive as part of working on my water fitness...

 

[OceanObsessed]

I am a definite sinker but being blessed with an 8 liter built-in BCD in my chest, it makes floating very manageable.

8 liters...wow! With lungs like that... its no wonder you took up freediving

 

[MCF]

I am heading to St. Thomas in a week....I am 205lbs with 11 percent body fat...6'5". I am very athletic )road biking, mountain biking, tennis, weight lifting, general cardio workouts,etc.,etc.) but would not consider myself the strongest swimmer in the ocean, but I can swim freestyle and dog paddle. I can also survival paddle for a pretty long time if necessary.

Any pointers/suggestions for floating if I am out 1/4 mile in 20 feet of water and start getting tired and need a 'float break'??