I have been doing some freediving/spearfishing in the florida keys this week and the water is WARM, so I went a few times without wearing a wetsuit. Despite doing some relatively shallow and short dives it occurred to me that this might not be safe because I may not be positively buoyant above 10 meters. I haven't tested my buoyancy yet, but does anyone have any insight on this? Should I wear a wetsuit anyway to be positively buoyant above 10m?
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freediving with no wetsuit?
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It varies with the individual, but most people will be quite bouyant at 10 m with no suit, no weight and lungs full of air. I'm neutral at about 13 m under those conditions.
Question: is much of your diving 10 m and less? If so, being neutral at less than 10 m will improve your performance, considerably.
Connor
Connor
Question: is much of your diving 10 m and less? If so, being neutral at less than 10 m will improve your performance, considerably.
Connor
Connor
in short, I need a little weight to be comfortable without suit. 2kg does the trick fine. I always find it weird though, being normally wrapped in 7mm suit and 1mm undervest, with 8.5kg of lead...
you can have quite some fun with FRC dives without weight though, you'll be surprised to see the dive times are almost as good as with a full lung. Double triple necessary to have a good buddy/spotter/safety if you try that route though.
you can have quite some fun with FRC dives without weight though, you'll be surprised to see the dive times are almost as good as with a full lung. Double triple necessary to have a good buddy/spotter/safety if you try that route though.
alright ive been reading about this FRC and ive yet to see what FRC stands for or what exactly it consists of doing. everyones talking about how great it is...what is it!!
kenny
oh theres a search function?!?! no way!! why didnt i think of using that before wasting my time to ask in this thread..... all i had to go off of was "FRC"... and only thing that came up were more things reffering to it as "FRC" and that was useless of course.
thanks anyways tho
Learning to use it effectively helps a lot. Just for curiosity, I did a search and had no problem finding a definition. Had to dig a little, but its there. FRC is a surprisingly complicated subject and lots of the discussion, especially the early stuff, goes in circles or is inaccurate in some detail. Unavoidable when the idea is new and developing as fast as it is.
FRC: word definition as above, get there by opening your throat and relaxing. The air you end up with in your lungs is FRC, varies with the diver.
Connor
FRC: word definition as above, get there by opening your throat and relaxing. The air you end up with in your lungs is FRC, varies with the diver.
Connor