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Mastering Buoyancy skills
ok, so there's been several threads on buoyancy, and we all know it's one of the most important skills for being a good diver. And most of the responses to these threads have suggested practice practice pratice. I mean we all know how the power inflator works, and the general purpose of our BC, but I didn't learn much technique in my OW class concerning that, maybe more is covered in peak performance, but who knows when I'll be taking that. I can do a fin pivot and a hover, but I'm more concerned about adjusting to different depths quickly and gracefully.
What I would like to hear and what I think could help some others is specific technique for mastering that type of control. Those of you who are really good at this, what specific cues do you react to, or what specific methods do you use to control buoyancy?
For example, when you are descending say to 60 feet, are you continuously adding air to your BC? how often? how much? Or do you just plummet down and get neutral when you're at depth? How do get neutral without sitting there for 2 minutes making adjustments?
I'm convinced that there's art and technique involved here....and I'd like to learn some of that.
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