all4scuba05
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The buoyancy topic taught in OW isn't enough?
What is Avanced Buoyancy Class?
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H2Andy
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well.... most OW classes don't really teach bouyancy. they just weight you
down and make you swim to stay level.
true bouyancy involves optimum weighting (so you don't get dragged down by all that weight) and trim (so you can stay horizontal in the water colum).
once you have those issues down, you can then practice controlling your
bouyancy so you can stay plus or minus 5 feet of a target depth at all times.
you can then decrease the plus or minus to 2 feet.
and then, ultimately, you just nail the depth at all times. this takes a lot
of diving, but if you have the fundamentals dialed in right, it comes naturally.
down and make you swim to stay level.
true bouyancy involves optimum weighting (so you don't get dragged down by all that weight) and trim (so you can stay horizontal in the water colum).
once you have those issues down, you can then practice controlling your
bouyancy so you can stay plus or minus 5 feet of a target depth at all times.
you can then decrease the plus or minus to 2 feet.
and then, ultimately, you just nail the depth at all times. this takes a lot
of diving, but if you have the fundamentals dialed in right, it comes naturally.
H2Andy:
Unfortunately, you're correct. Folks should avoid those "classes."
PerroneFord
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folks getting IN those classes have no idea they are.
OP
all4scuba05
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Air in. Air out. Big puffs. Small puffs. there's not much more to it. I do agree that its takes practice. But if you dive every month. It shouldn't take a year to learn.
Too bad the agencies don't make those skills part of the OW test. Isn't that how some have died or gotten sick?
Too bad the agencies don't make those skills part of the OW test. Isn't that how some have died or gotten sick?
I teach a remedial buoyancy/trim class. We have fun in spring, play with our gear, learn new ways of kicking and play all day. It's a fun class and most are far better divers with a little focused attention. I limit the class to 4.
PerroneFord:
I know.
Jason B:
True.
livingstone
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I dare say that the title of the "Advanced Buoyancy Class" does not begin to indicate the value derived from such a class, especially if it's taught by a certain instructor in Connecticut that I have a very high estimation of. Wish he was offering it a bit closer to my home.
-- Dan
-- Dan
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