#1639
SeaGoat - 7/17/2015 3:32 AM
I think you may want to wait and dive with it on before you make a decision one way or the other. Having the weights around your belly button may seem a little Urkel-ish when you’re on land but your instructor may have placed the weights higher on your body to keep you slightly upper body-heavy when you are swimming horizontally. This will keep your legs and fins a little higher than your torso and keep you from kicking up silt, damaging the reef or finning yourself into an ascent.

I usually wear a weight-integrated BC and my weight pockets are just below my ribs. I, too, have a long torso and when I wear a traditional weight belt around my hips, it changes my trim - and strains my lower back if I’m wearing a thick wetsuit and lots of weight.