Instructor Jim has a thing about trim, hose configuration and equipment so it is totally apt that he decided to write a blog about the importance of buoyancy control and how to get it right. Here is an excerpt from Jim’s blog –
‘When we start out diving the arms won’t stop moving as we progress from dry land to the swimming pool, or open ocean (and yes, your instructor was once like this). All of a sudden you go from having a size 10 foot to a size 27. Getting used to all this new equipment and the mass of lead attached so we can actually descend is no easy task. As you progress with your diving you may start to purchase your own dive gear. Again, a period of adjustment is needed so you get used to how the important characteristics of a new BCD, fins or wetsuit throw everything you have learnt back to the starting point for a brief time.’
Read more of Jims blog at www.liquiddive.net
