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Old 12-04-05, 10:46 AM
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Sea vs Quarry weights
I weight myself for a sea neutrally bouyant weight, sometimes I cant be bothered to reduce it for a quarry dive if its going to be a one off during the summer. In winter I set the weight up correct if I know I'm going to do lots of inland dives, what do others do?

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I've just bought the mother of all back plates from Skipper.

This will add an extra 2.5kg to the overall weight. hopefully this will see me for in the sea and the other backplate for freshwater.

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Just add a trim weight for the sea.
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I've got a pocket weight belt, so it's easy to adjust the weights for the dive (I take off 3kg for fresh).
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I take off 2kg for fresh and another 2kg when I can do without my thinsulate.

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Trim pockets on the BCD
Put in an extra 4kg for sea water


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+2kg for sea.

I use a weight harness so changing the amount of weight can be done quickly and easily.
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Since my weight lives in zip pockets changing it is easy.
I use 3Kgs more in the sea.

OK, that should be 2.7% of your kitted up weight including tanks, weights and stuff but that 3Kgs for virtually everybody.
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