tomw_n
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Hi - first time poster here but have looked over the shoulder of many a diving friend, most of whom were looking at this page, so I understand it to be an amazing resource!
I am at dive number five in my CMAS here in Corsica and am soon going to be certified.
I am having problems with an exercise that we did today that seems pretty critical to stabilising myself underwater.
We went down to the bed at 15m and I was told to breathe in fully whilst inflating my BCD. Then, as I started to rise, I had to breathe out totally and wait two seconds. When my instructor did this, he stayed level and was 'stable'. When I tried, I just fell back down to the bed.
I am ever-so-slightly heavily weighted (+1KG over what I should have had, apparently). Could this be enough to make the difference?
Diving again in the morning and keen to try out any offered advice. Meanwhile if anyone wants any info on Calvi-area dive sites as info exchange I'd be happy to help.
Cheers!
Tom
I am at dive number five in my CMAS here in Corsica and am soon going to be certified.
I am having problems with an exercise that we did today that seems pretty critical to stabilising myself underwater.
We went down to the bed at 15m and I was told to breathe in fully whilst inflating my BCD. Then, as I started to rise, I had to breathe out totally and wait two seconds. When my instructor did this, he stayed level and was 'stable'. When I tried, I just fell back down to the bed.
I am ever-so-slightly heavily weighted (+1KG over what I should have had, apparently). Could this be enough to make the difference?
Diving again in the morning and keen to try out any offered advice. Meanwhile if anyone wants any info on Calvi-area dive sites as info exchange I'd be happy to help.
Cheers!
Tom