Too Much Weight? OR not enough air in BC? (Scuba Tips and Tricks)

Too Much Weight? Or not enough air in BC? (Scuba Tips and Tricks)

Get comfortable with your BC and take more control of your buoyancy!

There's a lot of talk on the net about divers that are apparently too heavy and/or silting up the bottom. This video explores the issue and that of comfort with BC air control:

00:07 Intro
00:45 Is that diver overweighted or "under-aired"?
01:17 New diver mindset regarding being too heavy or too light during a dive
01:25 Danger of too heavy while diving
02:03 Danger of too light while diving
02:40 Lack of confidence is dumping air from BC
02:56 How to gain confidence in dumping air...practice!
03:54 Achieve correct scuba weighting
04:13 The right amount of air in BC
04:30 Also use lungs for scuba buoyancy control
05:00 How to practice venting scuba BC
05:15 Vertical vent while diving
05:24 Horizontal vent while diving
05:40 Know your BC/rental BC
05:48 Finning for divers
05:58 Scuba Finning for propulsion
06:14 Scuba Finning for buoyancy
06:30 Tip: Frequent finning pauses to check buoyancy
07:05 Summary & Conclusion

Safe diving!

Big Dog, DDT
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