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Neoprene compresses at pressure, which means it's less buoyant at lower depths.
by mahyarm 10y ago
Neoprene compresses at pressure, which means it's less buoyant at lower depths.
- RealityVoid 10y agoYes, I agree, that is what I was saying also. I just wonder if the human body doesn't also change buoyancy with depth, making neoprene density variation pretty negligible by comparison.
- mahyarm 10y agoFrom what I understand, no. The only thing that compresses is the air inside your lungs, but you keep on breathing in & out pressure compensated air, so the buoyancy difference doesn't change as you go down. Neoprene compression has a fairly large effect, pounds worth of buoyancy. Look at this spreadsheet for example, at depth you lose 11.6 pounds of buoyancy due to the neoprene compressing: https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/the-ultimate-wing-lift-calculator.158370/page-11#post-7032051 https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/the-ultimate-wi...