Everyone has room to improve on buoyancy control and I hoped this video helped! Let me know what some other things in terms of scuba diving that your trying to improve and I can work on tips in future videos in that direction!

Good tips on bouyancy for beginner divers. I see this channel growing easily in a year. I would say you need to work on your audio as it makes it difficult to watch. Recommend a better microphone or record in a smaller room that traps audio. Keep it up 💯

@itravelwisely

Ай бұрын

Really appreciate the kind words and feedback on the audio! I did buy a new mic for upcoming videos and experimenting with how and where I record. Trying to get a bit better with every video! Thanks much for the support!

hi, i just discovered your channel. I like the way you explain things and they totally make sense in my head! I will keep working on my buoyancy, trim and best weight control :)

@itravelwisely

Ай бұрын

Super happy to hear it helped! I'm hoping to continue to improve how well I can present this info as well good scuba and travel tips!

Wow! Amazing tips 🙏

@itravelwisely

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

10:48 you are scraping the ground with the camera 😭

@itravelwisely

Ай бұрын

Ah yes, i wanted to drmonstrate breathing on the ground is a good way to practice buoyancy control but my rip cord that retracts the camera broke on that very dive too so it would not retract. Made the best of the situation haha.

Now the cat eared wife needs to work on trim and finning. 😊

@itravelwisely

Ай бұрын

She has been getting better too over the years! We both started diving at the same time and are always trying to improve. We've almost done 100% of all our dives together, I just beat her by exactly one dive because she chose not to go due to cold water. Were up to 350 dives now, I just focus a lot more on building those skills and improving my air consumption and such than her which I think gave me an edge. We've been on some super long dives together though, nearly two hour dives off a single tank! (going down to ~34 m and raising slowly).

@alexchern75

Ай бұрын

@itravelwisely very cool!!!! My wife is my favorite dive buddy too:)

@itravelwisely

Ай бұрын

Also hoping she can take more footage of my in future videos so we can up our KZread video quality haha! Our next trip is to Red Sea in Egypt in October to the Daedalus reef area on a live aboard. Looking forward to getting back into diving. We live up in the Puget Sound area but rarely go diving there as its a touch cold. We are dry suit certified and have done dry suit dives but not enough to enjoy them as much as wet suit yet haha.

@alexchern75

Ай бұрын

@itravelwisely that's really awesome, I'd love to go there, maybe next year. Same thing here, I'm usually the one holding the camera 😆 i work my ass off on trim, and buoyancy. It's nice to see yourself once in a while.

Just wondering, videos of people supposed to be good examples or bad examples because some of the videos seem to show people with ok buoyancy.

@itravelwisely

25 күн бұрын

A lot of the footage is from various friends and folk I've dove with over the years or some random groups I was with, but usually fairly experienced divers. All recreational, of course, and some footage is showing bad examples. They weren't staged, and i didn't ask anyone to particularly show me their best trim when I snapped the shots. Work with what you have, haha.

@Syk00o01

25 күн бұрын

@@itravelwisely that makes sense, I can’t be talking either don’t have the best trim

@itravelwisely

25 күн бұрын

@lukegray5914 room for improvement! I'm still working on it too. I generally will practice having stable and tight trim trying to deploy the SMB. Kind of my personal challenge and way of practicing stability.

@Syk00o01

25 күн бұрын

@@itravelwiselythats a great idea, I might start doing that

Do not keep your arms folded. That is what open water recreational divers think is good. It looks ridiculous. Instead, keep them outstretched, slightly apart, and relaxed along the axis of your body. This is what we do as cave divers since we are carrying a canister light on our left hand and need our right hand free for tasks and in case of an emergency (like donating our long hose for example). Also don't flutter kick unless you absolutely need to. Frog kick is the preferred fin style for technical and cave divers since it doesn't stir up sediment and it gives us access to helicopter turns and back finning.

@itravelwisely

14 күн бұрын

Good thoughts, thank you. I'll be happy seeing less arms flapping about vs correct arm positions in a static hold.

@fearlessnomad5311

7 күн бұрын

It is not appropriate to apply tec standards to the realm of rec divers. They have their own standards. What he said was fine. What you said was true for tec.

@itravelwisely

7 күн бұрын

This is right! While I am not contesting these things are good for especially cave and tech diving but they are techniques for a particular flavor that are practiced because the risks are greater. Also, for folk just getting into recreational diving, too much gate keeping at the start can easily make SCUBA diving less appealing. There is a balance.

@MorganBrown

4 күн бұрын

After about 8 dives I learned to fold my arms and it helped my buoyancy control immensely. And it kept me warmer!

@itravelwisely

4 күн бұрын

@MorganBrown that is great to hear! The main thing is keeping the arms still! Makes sense keeping them closer and together would help a touch with warmth, especially in a wet suit! Thank you for sharing.