#51828
Greg - 4/18/2007 1:21 PM
The exposure suit you wear makes a big difference also. If you`re wearing a really thick wetsuit, you will either have to wear a lot of weight to get down initially, then by overweight for most of the dive...OR...wear just enough weight and plan on pulling yourself down past the first 15 feet or so until the wetsuit compresses and looses some buoyancy.

Also, when trying to swim in a neutral position...you need to be as close to neutrally buoyant as possible, then kicking forward with your body leaning down (head lower than feet) will help to keep you underwater. A lot of divers have a tendancy to kick upward which pushes them out of the water.