Why neutral buoyancy isn't

[MBH]

Hmmm ...

One of the reasons so many people frequent this board is because there are a lot of very experienced, very articulate instructors and divers here who are willing to share with you ... for free ... information that you'd otherwise have to pay a lot of money to get through other means.

That advice isn't offered because we consider ourselves perfectionists ... or know-it-alls ... it's offered because the longer we dive the more we see people getting injured or killed through ignorance ... and we'd genuinely like to prevent it. Or we see people struggling, and we'd genuinely like to help them get more enjoyment and relaxation out of their diving.

If you choose to disregard that ... or blow it off as unimportant ... then that's your choice. But it makes me wonder who's the real sucker ... because if you stay diving long enough, you WILL eventually want to learn these things. You can get it here for free, or pay for it later. The choice is yours ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Thank you, Bob. Well said.

 

[diver 85]

Actually i would say the contrary, that is the average diver's way because that was how they were taught and didnt want (didnt learn how) to progress. I would say that most folks on SB are above the median percentile when it comes to dive knowledge - which makes the average for this group somewhat higher than the entire diving population. But i do agree that he isnt doing himself any favours diving like this. Its like saying you would walk around all day carrying an extra 10# just because you can and couldnt be bothered to leave it behind.

lol....maybe some don't want to brag(check my personal info)....btw, when you 'get it', 1(extra) lb is a *****.............

 

[divad]

Re Popeye the diver-man:

He knowsg what he likesg and he likesg what he knowsg.

 

[saltydawg]

Well I for one find that getting the perfect weight is super fun like flying underwater...but I hate getting new gear and having to refigure it all out again.....

 

[Wildcard]

Am I the only one smelling a troll? Hard to believe someone could be so pigheaded...Or not. BC is the single biggest aspect of diving. I dont care what or who you are if you have good BC then everything else is gravy. If not you ruin the dive for everyone else.
Ya just have to love the flounderingreefcrasher dive buddy. ...

 

[Garrobo]

Wildcard and others: That's what I've been trying to tell a bunch of you all. Buoyancy control is 'gravy' to me. I have no problems with it. If you'll read my first posts that's about what I said. Then a bunch of you started jumping on me because I stated it. No troll here, just stating facts. Sorry if you can't read.

 

[mdb]

Wildcard and others: That's what I've been trying to tell a bunch of you all. Buoyancy control is 'gravy' to me. I have no problems with it. If you'll read my first posts that's about what I said. Then a bunch of you started jumping on me because I stated it. No troll here, just stating facts. Sorry if you can't read.

Garrobo; you will get no slack from all "the experts" enjoy your diving. It seems like you are.

It is only the same self styled expert who wants to talk about their great "trim" etc. who will give you any grief. No worries, just dive. At least you are in the ocean.

 

[divad]

Wildcard and others: That's what I've been trying to tell a bunch of you all. Buoyancy control is 'gravy' to me. I have no problems with it. If you'll read my first posts that's about what I said. Then a bunch of you started jumping on me because I stated it. No troll here, just stating facts. Sorry if you can't read.

I'm sorry we can't read either.The shame we feel is probably akin to the shame one feels when they think they know more than they can articulate.

 

[D_B]

Personally, I can't see where buoyancy is such a big deal. You figure about 10% of your actual weight, give or take a few pounds, depending on your muscular content and how thick a wetsuit you are wearing, if you are using one. If you sink after letting the air out of your BCD you should be OK. When you get to the level you want to stay at, pump enough in your BCD to stay at that level. What's so complicated about that?

Hmmm .. doesn't look self explanatory to me .. I see lots of room for questions (like the simple ones I asked and never got an answer for) but then what do I know .. I just look like a dork and you can all laugh at me

 

[Garrobo]

Well, I'm sorry if I hurt any of the "experts'" feelings. I didn't mean to. I know that some of them make a living, however how small it is, teaching this stuff so it's important to them and I'm sure that there are a lot of divers who have a problem with buoyancy, just as there are some who have trouble removing their mask under water. I'm just not one of them. Air consumption, yes. I can sit on the bottom, twiddling my thumbs and use up an AL80 in 50 minutes. Like I said before, and has been explained to me by several people including my sports doctor, it is because of my age (67) and inexperience at diving and conserving air. No panic, no BC problem, etc. Anyway, I will be diving again in a couple of weeks (hopefully) as this shoulder surgery works it's way through and as long as Uncle Sam has some money in the Soc Sec system. And I will use up as much air as is necessary for me to stay down (along with my dorkie Force Fins) and enjoy the greatest pastime going, "experts" or no "experts".