Two great dives yesterday and today. Yesterday was quiet and very clear. Some very long dives at close to 10 meters depth. Ran into a fellow on shore and we talked about how free-diving is so easy to do (he's done scuba and told me 'it's funny you should show up today, just yesterday I was looking off the breakwall here and thinking 'I gotta get in there'). No huge stash of gear - just pull up, throw the stuff on and your in. Might have another dive buddy next year. Unknown to me he was timing my warm up dives - which were basically just to get water into my suit - I'd have guessed fifteen to 20 seconds - turns out it was 45. My deeper dives out of site along the far breakwall were much much longer - and never really uncomfortable. Made me feel good.
Today the water at the surface, and down below about 5 meters was a bit murky - still quite navigable and about the same temp as yesterday. Today's special guest was a large salmon! Pretty unusual to encounter in open water, and not in the least interested in me. All hydrodynamic predation and a no-nonesense bolt into the blue as I close with him (still would've owned that fish with a fast gun) - there is no reason on earth why it shouldn't be legal to hunt these with a speargun freediving in open waters. However, as the only freediver in northern michigan <insert violins> I have a very small lobby with the department of natural resources.
Very happy with my gear so so far - Spora HDs, Cressi matrix - usd impulse2 and henderson surf suit*.
*see help request under equip
