Re: Weight for salt water locations
Fresh water density is about 62.4 pcf and salt water is 64pcf So if you are diving 16 pounds of weight in salt water you will have to remove .4 pounds of weight in fresh water, or about 6 ounces. Dropping down in depth will make much more difference in buoyancy. With a thin wetsuit you will use much less weight so the difference will be meaningless. If you can't kick up against a few ounces of weight you shouldn't be diving. Freedivers wind up very negative due to compressed wetsuits and lungs at depth. Getting in good physical shape is gonna be your best bet.
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