Surprisingly the buoyant force doesn't depend on the overall depth of the object submerged. In other words, as long as the can of beans is fully submerged, bringing it to a deeper and deeper depth will not change the buoyant force. ... It's just that for sinking objects, their weight is greater than the buoyant force.

Why does buoyancy not change with depth?

This is because water is incompressible. ... Because the volume is the same at any depth, and the density of water is the same at any depth, the total mass of displaced water (mass = volume x density) is the same at any depth—making the buoyant force constant.

Do you sink faster in deeper water?

Do you sink faster in deeper water? The deepest water is not a very large fraction of the way to the center of the Earth. People are full of air and other things that are less dense than water. This density shift makes them sink much faster.