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11-19-2012, 08:32 PM | #16 |
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Re: what to do with your freediving snorkel
I'm no elite diver, but for what its worth, I didn't use a snorkel when I learned to dive in the early 1950s.
There was a good reason for that. As far as I know, the only snorkels available were those things with a ping pong ball in a cage that were used by kids in the pool. No spearfisherman that I knew used one. I think the first time I ever used a snorkel was when I got to Hawaii in early 1961. On the other hand, a lot of my diving in my early teens was under bridges like the one in the photo. The water was usually too dirty to see anything from the surface even if you had your face in the water, and we would hang on to a piling while breathing up and weren't using extra energy. |
11-19-2012, 09:03 PM | #17 | |
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Since you grew up without using one, did it take you long to get used to a snorkel? |
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11-19-2012, 09:42 PM | #18 |
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11-20-2012, 04:22 AM | #19 |
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Re: what to do with your freediving snorkel
well that revived this thread more than i hand anticipated.
currently i rig my snorkel like tony but i hate the way it folds my ear up and it tends to flop around like crazy sometimes which is very annoying. seems there are more people that would just rather not have it at all. i may have to give this a try as i do think that if i can get comfortable enough wihout it that the fresh air will help with bottom times. also i lose all my focus when trying to pack with a snorkel. i do like it for surface swimming but other than that its just annoying thanks for the input guys
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Re: what to do with your freediving snorkel
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I think the bouyancy thing may be good part of this. I don't wear much of a suit often when diving in Fl until the winter when the sea get a tad cold and during the window in the summer with cold upwellings(50degrees). Usually the the sharks are more than 10+ ft away(if that makes you comfy). At 9ft plus and the fact we use chum in the bluewater for every drift often carry the dead AJ or bag of sardines in hand I am constantly "false charged" by bull sharks and have them sneak up on the surface too , without a strong physical signal to let them know you see them and a little counter aggression with have learned that these sharks will continue to push the envelope and come closer for an inspection nibble. When I dive in the FL keys (which has comparably NO sharks to my home waters or when I dive inside of 75ft depths I have zero fear of sitting vertically on the surface and talking to my other divers or boat driver. It is important to recognize another reason that face down works well here is the fast currents heading northbound(1-4knots) and the tendency to be pull on-off shore of the ledge your diving down. Keeping an eye helps you swim in or out based on the current that day. I guess after consideration I do bib and breathe when I'm in a safe area that not traditional bull territory. I think that all those "mini" breathe holds your forced to do does help build your skills but it also prob makes you have more Co2 in blood on a dive day possibly too. The slow relaxed tidal breathing I do on be surface is what I believe scrubs the junk from my lungs when I doing long BT and back to back dives on fish. Good stuff to learn from and consider as what works best and when.
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11-21-2012, 01:52 PM | #21 | |
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I think a big part of why I can't stand the snorkel may be from swimming--at the surface I naturally want to breathe the way I always have as a surface swimmer--keeping my lungs mostly full except for the occasional quick, shallow breath. When I breathe like that through a snorkel I get nothing but stale air, so to get fresh air I need to take a tidal breath through the snorkel, even when my body doesn't need such a big breath. This feels awkward to me... I mostly only do that immediately before a dive, or as part of recovery after a dive. Here is a clip... Although it varies, this is pretty typical of soCal conditions I fish in--viz maybe 10' up top, opening up to 20' on the bottom, over about a 40' bottom... I am in a sort of dead man's float while up top. For the little sippy resting breaths my face barely clears the water, but before an actual dive I will always take at least one full, tidal breath--what I am doing here when my head pops up out of the water. When skindiving, wearing less rubber, or when conditions are rough I will do about the same thing when resting at the surface but I have to bob a little more. |
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11-21-2012, 03:05 PM | #22 |
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Re: what to do with your freediving snorkel
if im wearing a hood in most cases i am. ill just put it through the top strap on the back of my head( so the strap is holding the snorkel to my head)... no clip. some times ill pull it out and tuck it into my belt mouth piece up...
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11-21-2012, 09:37 PM | #23 |
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Re: what to do with your freediving snorkel
I use the snorkel when I'm up and down diving shallow, and I always rest and breath up with the snorkel.
The human body floats perfectly face down. |
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