Travel Weigth Belts

[Diver6106]

When traveling or hiking to dive sites, you do not necessarily need to LUGE a weight belt. I travel with a fanny pack or two. Then when I get to my dive site, just put in sea smoothed rocks for weight. Then I can just drop some if too heavy or as my tank empties. And nothing is lost. Most packs are nylon with quick release buckles. And you can carry your mask and other gear in them when hiking, or packing to protect the lense.

 

[tridacna]

Where do you put your fins, regulators, BC and tank? In the same fanny pack with your mask?

 

[CT-Rich]

Errr... The density of most rocks is going to be around 2.5-3.0. The effectiveness of a weight when it comes to diving ballast is how dense it is, not how much it weights. Lead has a density of 11.3 versus water's density of 1.0. You can put rocks in your a fanny pouch to make you sink, but it will take an awful lot of rock to make up for just 5 lbs of lead. If you are diving someplace with reefs or caves, you will find lime stone is even lighter, like 1.5 to 3.0.

Just bring a proper weight belt, if you are dragging all that other dive related gear, this is just part of the hassle of diving. Most dive destinations will provide weights and tanks for rent or as part of the package.

 

[Chavodel8en]

If you are traveling to California, you can just strap a huge boulder to yourself (wont fit in the fannypack), so that you can sink your thick wetsuit or drysuit.

Also note that fannypacks are dad wear.

 

[tallman]

Yeah.... this seems dumb.

 

[Damselfish]

Then I can just drop some if too heavy or as my tank empties.

Perhaps you meant pickup MORE as your tank empties?

 

[boqurant]

I generally to avoid the luge Luge - Wikipedia

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Don't knock the luge. Its velocity therapy at its finest.

 

[NW Dive Dawg]

When I first moved to the PNW, we lucked into a rental house right on the Puget Sound at a site called "100ft Rock" in Edmonds. I needed to walk down a steep hill and climb down a retaining wall and over the railroad tracks to get to the entry. I kept two 10lb weights (lead) hidden under a rock at the entry point for years.

So both rocks and lead were an important and integral component of my dive plan!