How To Perfect Your Buoyancy | Master Series

In response to numerous subscriber requests, we are thrilled to unveil the latest instalment in our Master Series - a comprehensive guide to mastering buoyancy control. Explore the essential elements of buoyancy management, with a focus on the importance of correct breathing techniques. For those who have expressed interest in hovering, you've come to the right spot. Rather than attempting to practise it as an isolated skill, master the techniques we impart in this video, and you'll effortlessly hover throughout your dives.
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00:00 Intro
00:10 The Significance of Buoyancy Control
01:11 Understanding Breathing Patterns
02:32 Descending Correctly
03:12 Breath Control While Diving
04:12 Ascending Correctly
05:02 The Best Way to Excercise
06:19 Hovering
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Thank you for these videos, they are absolutely fantastic. I started sharing them with my students. One minor suggestion, in this video you talk about the 3 fundamental pillars of scuba diving without listing them. I would also argue that there are 4 pillars: breathing, buoyancy, propulsion (finning) and trim. Which one are your 3?

[@flowstatedivers]

We greatly appreciate your kind words! In our video, we emphasize the strong connection between breathing (/correct weighting) and buoyancy. Therefore, the three key elements we focus on are buoyancy, trim, and propulsion. We're actively working on the remaining two, so please stay tuned for the upcoming ones!

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Cheers! Indeed, it's time to eliminate the idea of the nonsensical Buddha' position from the collective awareness of the public.

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​​@@flowstatediversnothing wrong if people want to play doing the Buddha position, but that's as far as it should go, nothing more than play. I agree with you, it serves absolutely no purpose in teaching divers to dive better, and can be detrimental by giving them a false sense of security with poor techniques.

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@@MegaEpicLlama Playing with it is fine as with anything else. The issue starts with some' agencies fully accepting their instructor candidates to demonstrate the 'hover' for a minute in that position simply because they can't be still in trim. Now, that's a different story.

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Completely understandable, regrettably, instructors often overlook the significance of initially imparting proper weighting techniques. Many times, they themselves struggle with excess weight. We'll delve into all of this in our upcoming video, so please stay tuned-you might pick up a few valuable tips that can enhance your well-being.

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Thanks Chris, glad to hear you enjoyed it.

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This is excellent. Heading out tomorrow morning to practise.

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Great, have fun practising and let us know how it goes!

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Thanks very much. You joined the party' at the right time :) We have our new video coming up shortly covering correct weighting so make sure you not going to miss that. Hope you find the other ones valuable too, happy diving!

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12-14kg?! Something is wrong with your instructor

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@@joethong726 I was diving in a dry suit with an additional layer of clothing beneath but still 😅 Even as a beginner I noticed after the first day that sth was not right.

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Thank you, we're constantly working on new videos, so stay tuned!

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Thanks! I will work on that this weekend. Your videos are amazing and very helpfull.

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You got this! let us know how it went :)

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@@flowstatedivers It went well and it also help my air consumption. The biggest improvement is while the ascent, with that technic(and proper weigth) I'm now abble to stay in perfect trim all the ascent and safety stop. Thanks!!!

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@robertrichard8716 excellent!!! Glad to hear it improved your diving, and well done!

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We are so glad to read your feedback! Thank you

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Glad it helped!

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amazing videos ! can I make a suggestion for a future video ? buoyancy control on a lift bag

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Thanks very much, noted :)

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Thanks!

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Again...good job. I see to much instructor teaching it badly. I am trying right now to make level 2 and level 3 changing their bad habit. If thats ok, I will use your video

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Thank you!

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Amazing content! I’m just trying to figure out what bcd to buy to upgrade my mates dragon, and I’m kinda lost. All the sites just name generic known brand but I see modular systems that look awesome but I can’t figure them out. Would love some explaining on those and like some good brand, key aspects to look for and maybe a few recommendation for a wanna be son tek diver 😅

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Hey, we will certainly be producing gear-related content in the near future, which will serve as an excellent starting point for divers like yourself. In general, our focus for backmount diving revolves around backplate + wing setups. There is a wealth of information to share on this subject, so if you're not in a hurry, your best option would be to await the release of these videos.

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@@flowstatedivers I will definitely wait! Thank you!

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What about adding air to compensate for your wetsuits loss of buoyancy?

[@flowstatedivers]

Certain situations, like when using 7mm semi-dry neoprene wetsuits beyond specific depths, may present unique considerations. However, in general, as long as a diver is appropriately weighted, the effect of wetsuit compression should be minimal to none. The main issue arises when divers add excessive weight due to a belief that they cannot initially descend with the correct amount of weight. We plan to delve deeper into this topic in our upcoming video on correct diver's weighting.

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How about the next video about trim?

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In the making. As well as correct weighting

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