You Have Too Much Air in Your BC

[@luxurytravel759]

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[@LeviathanScuba]

Well now you're my favorite. So slow and enjoy the journey. It is wonderful. Thanks for watching. Freddy

[@Sukar777]

Aside from your valuable tips, I love you, man. Have a great day, Fred. Greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤️

[@LeviathanScuba]

You are the best. Go dive Cleopatras palace. Alexandria. Very cool dive. I did it in the 80's. Hope we dive together some time. Freddyt

[@SummersideDiver]

I wish you were either my OW or AOW instructor; both over weighted me a lot. In my AOW course, one of my specialties was Peak Buoyancy - even that instructor had me over weighted and was irritated when I could not ‘master’ the skills during the dives; because I was over weight, I added air - and when I attempted the skills, I was all over the place ….. it has taken me several dives since then to get my buoyancy under better control.

[@LeviathanScuba]

Good for you and bad on them. They just were taking the easy road. We will be creating a series and a free course for all the coolest tips and tricks when it comes to perfect buoyancy. I am filming now in Fiji and just completed 40 dives without a bcd at all. Will include it in our footage in the buoyancy videos. Thanks for watching, more to come soon. Freddy

[@davidressler9316]

good video. i dive with a full 7mm wet suit and have removed quite a lot of weight from my BC. just by diving in pools. unfortunately a full wet suit in a heated pool doesn't allow much time to hang out since its pretty warm.

[@LeviathanScuba]

Why 7mm if the water is warm? Get a cheap shorty. Unless you are cold blooded. I am now. Thanks for watching. More to come soon. Freddy

[@troop1026]

Nice. Well said.

[@LeviathanScuba]

Yeah, I was a little nervous actually because people blast me for some things and telling them not to put air in their bc is contrary to what they learned. I am filming now in Fiji and diving without a BCD to prove a point. Will air mid summer. Thanks for the kind words. Thanks for watching, more to come soon. Freddy

[@lifeinthemiddle55]

What do you recommend if I run zero lead and still sink like a rock with a 3mm suit in salt water?

[@coralkeyscuba]

My guess would be that you might hold more air in your lungs. I can compensate for a 10lb difference with just my lungs. In the rare case you still cannot achieve neutral buoyancy, you could add some air in your bcd. Also, I have seen people put chunks of pool noodles in their pockets or around their bcd strap. Eat more twinkies and pizza and you won't have that problem. Hope it helps. Freddy

[@lifeinthemiddle55]

​@coralkeyscuba haha.....I was actually thinking of pool noodle chunks. I won't be going the gain extra flotation via twinkies and pizza tho!

[@greglyon1201]

@Leviathan: I find to be neutral at depth with no gas in BC, I have to fin down from surface to about 20’ depth to start becoming neutral. Is this practice acceptable, verses adding an additional 2 pounds of lead to just slowly sink from surface, but then be slightly overweighted at depth?

[@LeviathanScuba]

I would suggest finding one lb weights and traveling with them. I bring 2 x 1lb weights with me when I want to get it perfect. I haven't seen resorts or liveaboards yet with smaller than 2 lbs weights. I am filming in Fiji the next 2 weeks without a bcd at all. Just a tank cradle with straps. This is for my upcoming series on Perfect Buoyancy. I will get my weight right without the ability to add any air. Heck that is the way we used to dive prior to inventing the bcd. Thanks for watching. More to come soon. Freddy

[@greglyon1201]

Thank you for the response. I look forward to seeing the videos from Fiji. I find it’s just the initial descent I need to fin down on, I’m fine at safety stop. I think maybe it’s all the little air pockets etc. in full wetsuit so on that need to get squeezed out. When I watch old Cousteau documentaries, the divers with no BC fin down pretty hard at the beginning of dives. Interested to hear your future discussions on buoyancy.

[@LeviathanScuba]

@@greglyon1201 In Fiji today checking out your comments. Loving it and getting lots of good footage to use on our "On Location Fiji" video. Thanks for watching. Freddy