Trim while hookah diving

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mr.jadkowski

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I'm diving with a hookah system, and I'm looking for a solution to improve my trim. I'm using just a freediving weight belt, so no BCD or tank straps to move weight around on. I'm really leg-heavy and roll pretty quickly into a legs down orientation if I'm not finning. I've tried moving my weight belt higher up on my waist as much as is comfortable but that hasn't made much of a difference. Anyone have any smart ideas? Wrist weights maybe?
 
how much lead? I'd be half tempted to recommend making what is essentially a basic sidemount harness and you can put them on as spine weights which also gives you all of the d-rings you may want. If it's only like 6lbs though I would just get a stainless backplate and use that which does essentially the same thing.
 
Quick Release Weight Vest ("zero drag")

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The hose is currently secured to a d-ring on my weight belt with a bolt snap so it is doing double duty.

That is considered an undesirable configuration in the surface-supplied diving communities. You want to be able to dump weight independent of ditching the umbilical, and vice-versa. Attaching the hose about the diaphragm level to a harness on one side is more comfortable when dragging hose.

A much faster release on your umbilical is also suggested, especially if you don't have a bailout bottle. Snap Shackles, also known as Spinnaker Shackles, are the preferred choice in commercial, military, and public safety surface supplied diving.

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Attach a small lanyard to the split ring to make it faster to pull the pin.
 
A much faster release on your umbilical is also suggested, especially if you don't have a bailout bottle. Snap Shackles, also known as Spinnaker Shackles, are the preferred choice in commercial, military, and public safety surface supplied divin

Thanks for the tip. I think I might even have one of these sitting around in my supply of spare rigging parts.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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