daz88 - 9/05/2014 7:34 PM
you need to move you weights around and/or move your tank up or down to balance the weight you are carrying if you cannot get level. But being level and buoyancy are two different things. You can still be at an angle and maintain your buoyancy. Just coz your at an angle doesn’t make you sink. (or float up)
Using less air comes with being relaxed in the water. If you’re always angles up or down and/or always kicking....is not being relaxed. Get you weights adjusted so you can have a level trim and then work on your buoyancy. Then all you have to do is keep diving until you are relaxed moving through the water. The more time you spend under the water the better you’ll get on your air. Work on the other things first, then work on breathing nice and slow. it all comes in time.