Buddy from the Gulf told me I was breathing wrong on dives

Guy I worked with on a rig near Port Fourchon had 20 years on me and said I was wasting gas by taking short quick breaths. Switched to slow deep ones and my bottom time went up almost 15 minutes per tank... anyone else have a simple tip like that totally change their air consumption?

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the_rose1mo ago

Breathing like a chain smoker on land somehow helps my dives too.

pat_hall871mo ago

Does slow breathing also help with that shaky feeling you get after a deep dive? I found that matching my inhales to my fin kicks keeps me calm and cuts down on air use way more than just breathing slow. Used to breathe like a panic squirrel before I figured that out.