Dan Safety Stop

[JohnAd]

OK, then, to explain terminology.

If you think of the traditional weight check method, where you are supposed to hold a normal breath, dump all air out of the wing, and see what happens, tech divers are overweighted. In recreational diving, you are supposed to float at eye level. A tech diver at the beginning of a dive will sink like a stone.

I can't believe I had to explain what I meant.

[FW]

OK, then, to explain terminology.

If you think of the traditional weight check method, where you are supposed to hold a normal breath, dump all air out of the wing, and see what happens, tech divers are overweighted. In recreational diving, you are supposed to float at eye level. A tech diver at the beginning of a dive will sink like a stone.

I can't believe I had to explain what I meant.

You didn't have to, he was just making a wisecrack. You did see he pulled all your words out of context, right?

[PfcAJ]

OK, then, to explain terminology.

If you think of the traditional weight check method, where you are supposed to hold a normal breath, dump all air out of the wing, and see what happens, tech divers are overweighted. In recreational diving, you are supposed to float at eye level. A tech diver at the beginning of a dive will sink like a stone.

I can't believe I had to explain what I meant.

Empty tanks@10-15ft = neutral? If not add weight till neutral

Full tanks+empty wing = able to swim up? If not remove weight/ add drysuit.

What is taught as a baseline in a padi class is pretty irrelevant for tech divers, but the joke was fun anyways.

[mdax]

I'd never look to DAN for any equipment or technical information.
No one I dive with uses their dry suit for primary buoyancy control.

[shellmoundal]

Every cave diver I know only puts enough air into their drysuit to reduce squeeze. After that its the BC for buoyancy.

That is how I dive the drysuit. Never do I want the boots to fill with air.