What can happen when you wear too much weight freediving or spearfishing

Being overweighted for spearfishing and freediving would cause you to sink to the bottom of the ocean if you have a black out.
He who lives the longest catches the most fish!
Check out this short video on how to test if you are currently overweighted.
• Learn how to test if y...
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[@OmniAtlantic]

When you sink faster than you swim then there is to much weight .Yes 3mm 5mm 7mm it all makes a difference.

[@totilsom]

Weight of diver and lead weight, what about the suit thickness - 3mm, 5mm, 7mm?? single or double suit THAT makes the difference on float-ability

[@Lochlanist]

Agreed. I'm new to spearfishing. I got my weighting right with my suit on for offshore dives. It's summer now and I enjoy going out without a suit. I thought one day I'd go spearfishing without a suit and didn't account for buoyancy difference. I dropped like a rock when I got to the back line. Your suit makes a massive difference.

[@Benjamin-ii3ke]

Imagine waking up at the bottom

[@954suzuki]

thank you for this video, made me think twice on my weight selection.

[@einzeltier]

so you sink when overweighted (+ exhaling in cause of a blackout)... thx for figuring that out :b

[@ImmersionFD]

great to hear pedro!

[@rdproductions3180]

simple trick. have a small boat above you with a string haing down into the water. on the end of the string tie a thick knot. if you begin to sink and you dont have the energy to swim back up with the weight, just take off the belt and attach it to the rope. it will sink to the bottom of the rope and get caught on the knot

[@i1p2p3o4c5a6m7p9o9]

I weight 187 pounds and usually wear 11 pound of lead, i'm neutral at 12meters (whith air in my lungs) and my freediving suit it's 5,5mm thick, when a go deeper than 60 feet i use only 8,8 pounds. It depends on how deep you go. If you want spearfishing in 15 ft of water you need a lot of lead to be neutral at the bottom.

[@tjthrillajaw]

I sink if I don't move...

[@johnboutwell3251]

Perhaps if depth wasn't the main focus of freediving courses less people would blackout out trying to achieve it.

[@kaeolandon-lane3429]

I'm yet to meet an instructor who focussed on depth.

[@JBuch45]

Would 5 pounds be ok for a guy that's 180? No suit shallow dives tho only 25 ft max

[@sealifett8395]

Yes...also it depends on your body fat percentage.I would say about 20 % fat 6 pounds average fat 4-5 pounds

[@humanemulator5297]

If you’re not wearing a suit you should not wear any lead

[@sealifett8395]

How fast are you supposed to sink while not moving with the correct amount of weights?

[@ImmersionFD]

learn all bout how to tell how much weight to wear in my free online course @ www.freedivingsafety.com

[@kahlharmon4886]

how thick is that suit he is using?

[@ImmersionFD]

I'm wearing a 3 mil freediving suit.

[@crankatorium]

Scary.