Pool dive weighting

[Big Kahuna]

Hi all, a bit of friendly YD advice please:
I have recently taken the plunge and joined a BSAC club and doing the SALT thingie to cross over my PADi quals.
First pool night this week and wanted some advice on
1. shorty or not to shorty,
2 how much weight to lug down with me.
I'm shall we say slightly rotund at 16 stone and 5 foot 9.
All my confined training was done at the side of a Maldivian jetty so i have never done any pool dives. Going off PADi basic weighting, my 16 stone converts in to 100 KG, using the 10% rule means I should be strapping on 10KG, which seems a lot when with a 3mm full wetsuit on mediterranian sea dives I only strap on about 7-8KG.
Does chlorine have much effect on bouyancy?
Don't particulary want to lug lots of weight to and from the car if I dont need it.
Thanks in advance
Chris

[Rod]

Try about 8lbs in a shorty in a swimming pool.

Nothing wrong with being 100 kg thats what I weigh

[DIVE BUDDHA]

4 kg on a weight belt should do it !

as well as a shortie should be fine to do pool skills!



are you diving a single cylinder or do you dive with a pony !

good luck with ya diving

best wishes leigh

[nigelH]

ie.

Originally Posted by DIVE BUDDHA

4 kg on a weight belt should do it !

I'd go with that.
I use three kilos to freedive a freshwater pool in my shortie.
If you use the same kit in the sea subtract 3Kgs for fresh water.

[Steve S]

All the above advice is way off, the OP is crossing over to BSAC so will need at least 25kg on a belt for a shortie

Only joking 4kg should be fine although I would take a couple of extra kg to the poolside as well just in case, you probably won't need it but be prepared is my motto.

Good luck.

Safe diving,
Steve

[Dick Barwell]

Pool sessions you could do no weight and just a cylinder bcd etc and swim shorts and t shirt ? I am 100kg and even given no weight carried I still need air in the BCD to hit neutrality ?and thats with a 7 litre
So try it without any to start you might be surprised (I certainly was )
db

[buchhawk]

Do you need any weight at all, when I learned the PADI way ,
the instructor only gave us 1x2kg block.
I have had the odd dive in the pool since with no weights at all.
Ken

[pieater]

Originally Posted by buchhawk

Do you need any weight at all, when I learned the PADI way ,
the instructor only gave us 1x2kg block.
I have had the odd dive in the pool since with no weights at all.
Ken

What you said. In the pool I don't need any weight. That includes diving in a drysuit. I probably displace more H2O than most

[Woz]

I ama sight more than 100kg and need nothing in a shortie with a steel cylinder in the pool.
I would also say that a rash vest is enough in the pool depending on how much natural bioprene you carry.

[susanmac]

I'm lighter than you, but for height probably a similar BMI . I don't need any weight in the pool normally.

However on my last pool dive I just could not stay down.... it was a salt water pool....doh! So check it is fresh water before you sort out your weights .