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Old 11-30-2017, 04:37 PM   #70
PigStikr
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Re: How long can you hold your breath?

My experience over a couple decades of SCUBA/NITROX and 5 years free - being relaxed and comfortable in the water is key. Doubled my bottom time on tanks. That's right, doubled after taking up freediving.
Relax, drift thru the kelp with the current, enjoy the colors and small fish. Drop using the mass of your legs above water. Relax, enjoy, come up for air. Why push it?
The pelagics will be upcurrent from the kelp, buzzing in and out. Let them come to you. The WSB will be deep in the kelp, sometimes asleep. So if you cover a kelp bed 2:1, does it matter whether down time was :30 or 1:00? Total down time is the same.
Shoot something big. Kick up and play the floatline.
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