How to Choose the Right Weight for Your Scuba Belt

Being properly weighted while scuba diving not only increases your safety and diving ease, but also increases your dive time; the less you struggle with maintaining buoyancy, the less air you'll consume.

Things You'll Need

  • Buoyancy Compensators
  • Dive Weight Belts
  • Scuba Gear
  • Scuba Regulators
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Instructions

    • 1

      Assemble your weight belt. See "How to Use a Weight Belt in Scuba Diving."

    • 2

      Don the belt and the rest of your scuba equipment.

    • 3

      Inflate your buoyancy compensator.

    • 4

      Enter water at a depth too deep to stand.

    • 5

      Place the regulator in your mouth and make sure the tank valve is open.

    • 6

      Breathe in and hold a normal breath.

    • 7

      Deflate the buoyancy compensator.

    • 8

      Notice if you float at eye level with the water. If you sink, take away weight. If you float too high, add weight.