Floating away during static apnea

[ishuyi]

I am a new freediver and just started last Sunday. I have a question about static apnea. When I put my head into the water and relax, I feel like I am going to float away. With a full breath, I am lifted off the pool surface with no contact and I can sense myself floating away and when I try to resist that (together with irritations from the mask: when I get contractions, the mask leaks.), I get tense up and get contractions very early into my breathhold. I don't like floating away because I also hit against my fellow freedivers who are doing static apnea next to me. I hope not to distract them.

I am wondering how much air do you guys normally pack into your lungs before you go into a static apnea? Is it a full breath? Are you totally buoyant like me? Do you also float around? I was wondering if I could pack less air so that perhaps my feet can touch the ground to anchor myself and I will be less tense? (Or does holding on to the edge of the pool help? No one else does this though...) Does anybody have a similar problem as me? My current plan is to go to the pool more often to get used to the feeling of being bobbed around by the water without resisting, and to enjoy and relax in that state (and also find a more fitting pair of mask).

Does anyone have any experience with this and tips for me? I am wondering if it has also got to do with my height. I am short and have to stand on the ledge to have my head above water. If not, I am submerged up to my nose in the water.

 

[Jakelol]

I take a full breath but i never pack air because im a beginner and ofc i will float around if someone dont hold on to me or i hold on to the edge of the pool. Your lungs ar full of air and that will make you float more ofc.

 

[RebeliousOatmeal]

Sometimes I float away when holding my breathe in the water, but not while I am doing dry static.