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Originally Posted by efattah
Learning to go straight down is not something which can be accomlished in one day, or even one year!....
You must learn to treat the surface of the water as the new 'ground' or 'floor', and in the start of the dive, look down towards your feet, and watch the floor drift away (the surface drift away)....
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I dove again after work yesterday at White Point, Palos Verdes California. I was in a small cove with some pretty big waves surging in- some over 4' as they went over rocks. Depth was from 9 to about 20 feet. 3-6m.
Not deep enough to be neutral on the bottom, plus it was covered with spiny purple urchins (don't want to stick myself). I got more practice though and really worked on hovering upside down in the water column a few feet below the surface. I actually started believing that the air was the floor as Eric suggested.
It worked. Even with the surge and positive bouyancy I got to the point where I could hold position for a few seconds.
Jim
