I have just started looking at freediving and becoming a bit more serious. My trip coming up later this month to J-Reef, Georgia has to be altered because I have to fly to Maryland the next day. I still will be going to J-Reef for some hook and line, but my partner will be on SCUBA and looking for another buddy. There are some spots around the area that are 25 to 30 feet that I may concentrate on. I have freedove in the keys to around 20 feet with no problems, but that was using my SCUBA wetsuit in warm water. J-Reef will be in the High 50's/Low 60's and I planned to SCUBA in my Drysuit. Is there any advice you can give for weighting and possibly a different suit or would my 5mm Hyperstretch Henderson with a 3mm Gold Core warmer be ok. What should I expect in weight. I will be rigging my new gun with a reel that Otterdiver made for me. What else do I need to know other than SWB. What is best for breathing technique when I am 5'10 and 225lbs?

I appreciate your help in advance.

Steven

How long an interval between your dive and your flight?

That's some cold water but if you're used to Cali might not be too bad. Don't know on the weight but I'd def bring more than you think you'll need, it's damn hard to relax freediving when you're fighting to stay down. Breathing, slow and relaxed(mentally shut down all tension in your body as this burns O2). Try to stay at the surface breathing in the "jellyfish" position at least twice as long as you are down. Have fun, take pics:smthumbup:

Thanks for the input, I am flying from Jacksonville at 8:45AM to Baltimore. I may have a dive profile that will work for me if I stop diving at 2PM on Saturday. I am upping my mix to 36% and will have 100% O2 on the boat.

Sometimes my work interfeers with my playtime, and that is always valuable when I make it to the coast.

Flights and scuba aside, just have fun - that's the best way to get the brain right. Diving with freedivers who are a lot better than you also helps immensely. I don't know how warm that suit is, but you do want good flexibility, so that's probably the best way to go. I like to be just slightly negative at my hunting depth, so take some small increment weights if you can, so you can get it just right. You'd be surprised how bouyancy affects your bottom time - if you are really heavy and have to work hard to move around down there, it eats away at your breath hold.

Good luck!

I like to be just slightly negative at my hunting depth, so take some small increment weights if you can, so you can get it just right. You'd be surprised how bouyancy affects your bottom time - if you are really heavy and have to work hard to move around down there, it eats away at your breath hold.

Good luck!

FWIW in 30 fsw, I like to be neutral around the 15-20' mark if reef hunting. Lets me hover over the structure looking for likely targets and hiding places for myself and my prey, and then I can just sink down a foot and let my buoyancy take me to it without kicking too much, which hopefully puts the fish at a little bit more ease..

As far as how much weight for that suit, I'd say bring some extra weights with you and whatever you use to mount them and just try it out and see what you are comfortable with, using one of those internet weight calculators as a baseline.

Thanks Everyone.