u/Mugling95

I’m AOW and ~45 dives, but I feel like I’m always the first person to be low on air. I feel completely calm and chilled underwater, rarely add air to my BCD mid dive, and I think my buoyancy control is completely fine compared other divers with similar levels of experience.

I’m reasonably tall (6’0) and I’ve got a background in cycling and running cardio, so I’m guessing my lung capacity is a lot bigger than the average diver.

Is there anything I can do to mitigate this? I feel terrible when I go on fun dives while travelling and get down to 50bar quicker than my group/buddies, and it’s really started to stress me out recently. Obviously stressing will use up more air, but towards the second half of the dive I’m constantly checking my SPG and often get to the surface pissed off that I’ve got 30+ bar less than the other divers.

Thanks

I’m AOW and ~45 dives, but I feel like I’m always the first person to be low on air. I feel completely calm and chilled underwater, I rarely add air to my BCD underwater, and I think my buoyancy control is completely fine compared other divers with similar levels of experience.

I’m reasonably tall (6’0) and I’ve got a background in cycling and running cardio, so I’m guessing my lung capacity is a lot bigger than the average diver.

Is there anything I can do to mitigate this? I feel terrible when I go on fun dives while travelling and get down to 50bar quicker than my group/buddies, and it’s really started to stress me out recently. Obviously stressing will use up more air, but towards the second half of the dive I’m constantly checking my SPG and often get to the surface pissed off that I’ve got 30+ bar less than the other divers.

Thanks