That depends on how much gas escapes from your suit.  If you are using
the suit correctly - that is to say adding only enough gas to take the
squeeze off, then buoyancy loss is negligible.  Keep in mind that a
suit with a tear in most cases will still hold gas.  The real issue
here is not really one of buoyancy, but rather momentum.  When your
suit fills with water, you now need to kick hard enough to move all of
this extra mass, and you are getting colder, which reduces the
effectiveness of your deco.  You are now not getting the full benefit
of spending extra time at your stops.  You best bet in this case is to
get out of the water as soon as possible.

-Sean


On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:52:45 +0100, Torbjorn Hamran wrote:

>Nice post, but I have one question:
>
>In case of a flooded suit; how much bouyancy do you actually lose?
>
>Torbjorn
>
>
>Sean T. Stevenson wrote
>>With a rig that is balanced in this fashion, you will always be able to
>>get up when you have to.  The worst case scenario is that you have a
>>complete wing failure at the beginning of a dive, when you are
>>heaviest, and your drysuit fails too.  In this case you lose the
>>droppable weight to bring you back to neutral and kick up.
>
>


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