How to Make Your Air Last Longer in SCUBA Diving

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Don - The Traveling Engineer

Don - The Traveling Engineer

Күн бұрын

As a scuba diver, have you ever had difficulty managing your air consumption? Want to improve your airtime to get to the 2-hour dive time prize off a single tank or to the 1-hour dive standard? This video is for you, and we'll dive into how to make your air last longer in scuba diving! I've experimented quite a bit with air consumption have developed quite strong air consumption over the years and I still experiment and try to improve. In this video I'll go over everything I've learned and my top tips to lower your air consumption.
00:00 Intro
00:59 Mastering Calmness, Trim, and Buoyancy
03:10 Calmness
04:28 Buoyancy Control
06:05 Trim
07:08 Depth
07:58 Fitness
14:33 Efficient Movement
#Scuba #scubadiving #scubatravel #scubadivingislife

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@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 24 күн бұрын
There are many factors involved to improve your air consumption but after this video, I hope you have a good list to move forward on and you nail you air consumption goals! What are some other things you've had struggles with in SCUBA diving?
@xanderkalaes3900
@xanderkalaes3900 23 күн бұрын
Awesome video, I did my open water cert 2 weeks ago. Any tips for if the current is stronger than expected?
@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 23 күн бұрын
Really glad to hear you enjoyed it! I have another video dedicated to current diving here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9Bpotmp157Pf6c.html Check it out! In short with current diving, your goal will be to use terrain to block current if you can. Pull yourself with the rocks on the ground as opposed to finning, and strategically moving between points that you can use to break the current. Fighting the current for an extended time will only wear you out, elevate your heart rate, destroy your air consumption, and likely give you a carbon dioxide headache like no other. You want to be calm and relaxed in current and be as lazy as possible. If you do a short spurt of finny against current, slow down and take a rest when you can and let the heart rate slow.
@MorganBrown
@MorganBrown 18 күн бұрын
I’m really fit but a large guy (6’8”, 220 lb). I do ok with air consumption but wonder if my sheer size hurts me. Seems like they should have bigger tanks for bigger people 😂
@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 18 күн бұрын
No sweat! There are many things from trim, buoyancy, and calmness you can learn along and improve your air time significantly. There are a number of things to improve. They do have bigger tanks, and I have seen folks explore using double tanks! These can be crutches, though, so start with improving your skills and then explore using additional equipment.
@josephdracula7487
@josephdracula7487 17 күн бұрын
👍😎🤿🇵🇭,
@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 17 күн бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked it!
@AlexArrigoni71
@AlexArrigoni71 22 күн бұрын
agree but you move too much in the video LOL
@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 22 күн бұрын
Fair enough haha, it is footage I had of our recreational diving. We've always been recognized for our great air consumption. Some footage is overs too. I will do better to clearly demonstrate specific things in the future but also want to keep things real, where we are doing some interesting diving and enjoying ourselves. Haha, I need to find folk that can challenge me to improve from where I am, at this point I don't have a dive buddy that can outlast me so I am limited on my dive time to their own.
@AlexArrigoni71
@AlexArrigoni71 22 күн бұрын
@@itravelwisely I meant in the room lol
@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 22 күн бұрын
Ah yes, that too is more than I normally talk haha. I do it on camera to hopefully not look super dull when I speak. Likely overdoing it at times haha.
@brandonsdi
@brandonsdi 18 күн бұрын
I'm trying to be respectful but have to ask this question. What makes a novice diver like yourself think that it's a good idea to teach' others ? First of all, you are sharing things literally lifted from the OW booklet mixed in with some common sense advice but the footage you are using shows that you are basically a beginner diver.
@itravelwisely
@itravelwisely 18 күн бұрын
You're free to believe what you will, I've been diving throughout the world, challenged myself on plenty of dives and have been a respectable diver. I can teach because I have a lot of experience. A lot of unique experience as I am able to travel often and to some of the more rate and hard to see places on the planet. Now it's worth noting, I an not a tech or cave diver, I diver recreational. I take footage during and through years of recreational diving. I don't remember most of these things taught to me when I went through open water. They were learned over time and experience. Of course, learning from many others along the way.
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