What it feels like when you finally get good stable neutral buoyancy near the bottom.

[00wabbit]

:d

 

[lozadora]

Haha yes...which is the opposite of what I had on my first try dive! Think Armageddon when the guy floats out into space (had to be pulled back down)

 

[Hawkwood]

Nope, you are wrong. This is what it looks like:

 

[fire_diver]

Hawkwood nailed it. When you get everything dialed in its just like floating. It feels comfortable and natural.

 

[TSandM]

When I'm at my very happiest with my diving, it feels as though I'm lying on a waterbed, and the water is just holding me up . . .

 

[TMHeimer]

I get a lot of practise being a shell collector. I'm usually very close to the bottom.

 

[alan_lee]

Lucky you that you got your buoyancy sorted out so quickly! I was still pretty kicking up silt at your stage After my GUE Fundies course, it still took me a number of dives before I finally got it. Great job!

 

[kimbalabala]

Still waiting ... but getting closer ...

 

[00wabbit]

Lucky you that you got your buoyancy sorted out so quickly! I was still pretty kicking up silt at your stage After my GUE Fundies course, it still took me a number of dives before I finally got it. Great job!

I wouldn't say it is completely sorted but I have had a couple of dives were I was feeling very comfortable and just hovering. It always seems to be on the last dive of a series.

 

[TSandM]

One of SB's best all-time contributors, who sadly isn't here any more, was Doc Intrepid. He gave me the most useful piece of advice: Buoyancy is 80% mental. A lot of the reason you do the best on the last dive is that you have really relaxed into a regular pattern of breathing, and if your breathing is rhythmic, buoyancy is easy. I don't think most newer divers have any idea how much their breathing changes during a dive, or how much effect that has on their stability. I know I didn't (and even after I intellectually KNEW it, it took a long time to get a handle on actually CONTROLLING the phenomenon).