Hmmm.... tread water without the aid of flotation.... You mean like in
Open Water I class in the very first pool (fresh water, less buoyancy)
session where you have to tread water for 15 minutes with nothing but
your swimsuit?  Yup.  No problems there!  If you can't then you
shouldn't be diving!

Now you wonder about doing the same in -I assume- the ocean (salt water,
more buoyancy) where you would also be wearing a wetsuit (or drysuit)
and fins?

Did you think this question through before you asked it or is there
something else that you really meant to say?

-Erik


Robert.Lockard@nc*.na*.mi* wrote:
> 
>      OK, time for my nickel on the subject.
> 
>      1. Can you make it to the surface without your bc?
>      2. If you can make it to the surface, can you stay there with out your
>      bc.
>      3. George, has your bc ever failed, and you had to tread water with
>      out the aid of flotation?  If this did happen to you, how long did you
>      have to tread water, how tired where you on a scale of 1 - 10?  10
>      being exhausted.  What was your tank, backpack configuration?
>        a. This has never happened to me, so I plan on trying it in the
>      pool.
>        b. If I can stay on the surface for 20min with out tiring, then my
>      rig (tank configuration) is right for me.  If not, then I need to
>      change my rig.
> 
>      Dive Safe
>      Robert
>
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