Scuba Diving - Free Tips How to Achieve Neutral Buoyancy

Just how do you achieve neutral buoyancy? That is the question! In fact, this happens to be a popular query among novice and even the more experienced divers. You'll be surprised to know that some recreational divers who are actively pursuing the sport have less to say in the discourse of neutral buoyancy, with them being not so proficient in terms of buoyancy skills. How sad to think that diving comfort and the pleasure of being weightless underwater can only be experienced with efficient buoyancy control.

One could only imagine the efforts, weight-related tricks and perhaps some injuries an unskilled diver will have to endure just to remain at a particular depth and without slamming into reef formations at that. In this regard, how can an immensely buoyant diver work through the colliding forces of weight and buoyancy that are keeping him from an effortless descent or from a neutral state of buoyancy while engaged in multilevel dives. The article will provide a rundown of tips that endeavor to help compensate for diver buoyancy and get related troubles off his back.
Be Physically Fit If the scuba diver is overweight with a body composition that is teeming with a high concentration of body fat, then by all means he should reformulate his diet; exercise and implement pertinent lifestyle changes to bring his weight down. Body fat is a precursor of buoyant forces which likely prevents the scuba diver from achieving a weightless state while carrying so much weight in his belt to compensate for his condition.
Master Pertinent Buoyancy Techniques Exhale to Sink, Inhale to Rise. This is a simple breathing exercise that the scuba diver can implement while fumbling with related scuba gear; particularly his weight belt and the inflation valve of his buoyancy compensator device (BCD). Not yet at ease with the idea of breathing underwater through an open water scuba set, most novice divers tend to deeply inhale while deflating their BCD during descent. This causes the lungs to expand in volume to increase the diver's buoyancy and make descent difficult.
Set buoyancy prior to descent Wearing your inflated BCD and lugging a nearly-empty cylinder tank (containing pressure of at most 500 psi), jump into the water to set the lift capacity of your BCD and its integrated weight system. Begin by filling your weight belt with lead (weights) equivalent to 10% of your body weight. Calibrate your buoyancy by venting your BC and adding or removing weights on your belt (at particular increments) until such time that your body is afloat at eye level.
Do not Over Weight Instead of mastering buoyancy skills, many divers adhere to the idea of carrying on more weight during the dive to reduce their buoyancy. Manipulating your scuba gear is not an efficient buoyancy control method considering the fact that increased weight only heightens underwater drag and diver exertion; resulting to increased air consumption, less bottom times and sustained injuries on the part of the diver.
Get a high-performance BCD As much as possible, get a high performance BCD that is priced mid-range at the least. Shelling a few hundred dollars for this scuba gear won't hurt; but it would already mean a whole lot of comfort on your dive. The well performing BCDs such as the Aeris Sport Buoyancy Compensator are streamlined for diver comfort and are full-featured with an integrated weight system, quick release adjustment buckles plus an ergonomically designed inflator.

Felix Tero