Weight Belt Swim

[azrael88]

I apologize if this has previously been discussed, however I was unable to find an answer doing a search in the forums.
1) At some point during the training pipeline do candidates still swim with a weighted dive belt?
2) If so, do you swim with or without fins?

I greatly appreciate any help!

 

[admin]

Weight belt swims will always be done with fins on. At the very least, expect to see this at pre-dive and dive school. It may show up in A&S as well.

 

[azrael88]

Thank you very much sir!!

 

[CarterClarke]

Benefits of swimming with a swim belt will improve your swimming in a straight line instead of weaving from one side to the other. Weight Belt Swim allows you to float deeper so that you can go anywhere while swimming. I used this and it works very well for me. I also had some benefits using this, it made me swim more than 15 minute. and also full face dive mask.