[Bill McIntyre]

BTW, the fact that you don't do boat dives should have almost nothing to do with your choice of equipment. That should be determined by the size of the fish you want to shoot. The world record white sea bass was taken by a guy diving from the beach at PV, and every year some of the largest fish are taken by people beach diving at PV, La Jolla, County Line, etc. If you shoot a 50 pound fish while beach diving, you need the same gear that you would need if you shot it at the islands from a boat.

Edit- The 54 pound fish in my avatar was taken 8/10ths of a mile off the beach in South Orange County. While I was diving from my boat, it was certainly with kayak range from the beach.