Hey Mark
This very question was on my mind today ! We went out to North Paw, off Clifton beach, on the yacht Esperance, and anchored about 70 meters from the rock. Viz was shitty, about 2 meters, but I took my gun anyway, and managed to shoot a Hottentot within 10 minutes.
Picture this now ! I am already a very wary, conservative spearo, I have just spent time in a cage with a Great White for the first time ever the previous week, and I had no buoy or stringer...so there I am, swimming 70 meters back to the boat in shocking Cape Viz, in the open ocean, carrying a bleeding fish on my belt.
Needless to say, it was a loooong swim home ! I have always said to myself I would never do that, but today, circumstances were such that I ended up there.
My stress-bells were ringing, but for some of my buddies, that was no biggie at all, so I guess 'safe-viz' is directly proportional to the size of your balls !!
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