AZNetEng
Contributor
I drove that point home with my wife, showing her video from her first 15 ocean dives and then showering her some from the last 5.
First dives - Constant motion - sculling with her hands and arms, vertical whenever she wasnt moving forward, finning when vertical to maintain depth. Not a fish in the frame.
Last dives - Relaxed, still, horizontal and trim, properly buoyant at depth, folded hands, still some occasional sculling but by comparison hardly any. Surrounded by fish who werent frightened away from her flailing around.
That is why I said buoyancy above. I see tons of new divers in constant motion and agitation under water. 35 minutes later they are on the boat and trying to figure out why they ran out of air so fast.
First dives - Constant motion - sculling with her hands and arms, vertical whenever she wasnt moving forward, finning when vertical to maintain depth. Not a fish in the frame.
Last dives - Relaxed, still, horizontal and trim, properly buoyant at depth, folded hands, still some occasional sculling but by comparison hardly any. Surrounded by fish who werent frightened away from her flailing around.
That is why I said buoyancy above. I see tons of new divers in constant motion and agitation under water. 35 minutes later they are on the boat and trying to figure out why they ran out of air so fast.