Psi Scuba

Scuba Diving breathing tips please!?

ok.. so i have really like scuba diving, my problem is that i breathe like 2200 psi in a 40 minute dive.. and so i end up with about 800 psi... i would like to see if anyone can give me some tips on how to improve this.. because other people that go diving with me can dive on 1000 psi for the 40 minutes... please help me !
ok.. so i really like scuba diving, my problem is that i breathe like 2200 psi in a 40 minute dive.. and so i end up with about 800 psi... i would like to see if anyone can give me some tips on how to improve this.. because other people that go diving with me can dive on 1000 psi for the 40 minutes... please help me !

Everyone sucks air when they start, its to do with the excitement/tension and the fact that your body isn't used to it. I've seen a newly qualified OW diver go through a tank in 20 minutes at 10m. For the first 20-30 dives you will be a gas guzzler, especially if the gaps between dives are weeks/months instead of days.

Personal fitness will also play a part, if you are over exerting yourself just getting kitted up you will already be breathing hard before you enter the water.

Proper weighting and neutral buoyancy are also a factor, If you are constantly fiddling with your bcd you are wasting air.

Take deep slow breaths, breath out equally slowly.
Relax as much as possible and enjoy the dive, don't concentrate on your breathing, it actually makes it worse.

The more dives you do the better your air consumption will get.

 

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Sea Hunt

I was a great fan of Sea Hunt, the television show which aired from 1958 to 1961 and stared Lloyd Bridges. This was called "skin diving". It peaked an interest in diving lessons for people who watched the show. There were no BCDS or gauges used --- just tank, mask, regulator, fins and dive watch. Your diving watch was your "life-line" on a dive. On the left hand side of the tank, poking out was a lever called a "j valve", long since obsolete. Once you ran out of air ( better keep an eye on your watch!!!) you would reach back and open the valve. There was 300 psi left in the tank, which would be enough to get you to the surface. Imagine the surprise, and panic of a diver if the switch had already been pulled!!!! I wouldn't even want to think about that.

Flipper was a show that ran on NBC television from 1964 to 1967. I remember seeing the show for the first time in colour and was amazed by the underwater photography. Good family morals, and a happy ending made for great entertainment and my love of dolphins to this day. Who wouldn't as a kid want to live in the Florida Keys with water outside their door and a pet dolphin!!!

Scuba is fast becoming a popular sport, with the amount of water on this earth and interesting marine life, shipwrecks and beautiful coral to see.

With todays equipment, training from a professional scuba instructor and following the diving rules, scuba is a a safe and enjoyable sport, and opens up a whole new world of fun!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-1tkxmqJ3c Enjoy the video!!!!

Kathy Dowsett   

http://www.kirkscubagear.com/

About the Author

Kathy Dowsett -- Padi Certified Diver -- owner and operator of kirkscubagear.com

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