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| Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman If the problem is as Garf has described, then the issue is not about the air in your lungs on its own. If you breathe in at 3m then of course there will be a slight buoyancy shift but it will also trigger expansion of gas in the suit and wing which will trigger even more expansion and then you are on the surface.
At depth a slight rise in depth caused by breathing in will have virtually no effect on the other gas. 
Mal |
Thanks Mal that clears it up nicely for me. as you say its not the gas in your lungs its the other air spaces not expanding at depth.
I just wish Garf was a better diver sometimes :-)
David