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Originally Posted by Erik
I think you already have the basics James, but here's my recommendations off the top of my head.
7mm suit, weight harness (not a belt), 75 to 90cm gun, 60 to 100' of good floatline, decent-sized flaot with D-rings and/or space to store stuff, stringer, dry OSS gloves, knife for killing and cleaning in-water, hot drink in a thermos on the float, water/gatorade drink on the float, any old fins, wetboots... oh and a buddy somewhere within 100 metres lol!
Erik
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Erik I must disagree with you on a few things. I will not dive with a weight harness as it harder to ditch. I prefer two weight belts so I can change bouyancy easy well in the water.
I prefer a 75 cm gun for our waters but I dive with a 90 cm. A 90 cm is probably the better choice for hunting on the west coast. The fish aren't know for running away though so you would be fine with a 75 cm. I prefer on the coast to be using a reel as a float line attached to the gun will throw off your aim as you go through the kelp. I sometimes use a weight at the end of the floatline to anchor the float or attach it to my weightbelt. The bonus is also that if you ditch your weightbelt it easy to recover from the surface.
I use 5 mm gloves from white but am not happy with them but I have 5 mm socks from I think Omer which are great. I did use dry gloves but they are easy to rip small holes in when spearfishing so they get flooded easy. My hands usually stayed relatively warm though because of the wool gloves underneath.
I don't know if you need a 7 mm weight suit for our conditions as I don't have much body fat and my 5 mm custom suit has been great to me. I think it comes down to the decision if you can stand a 7 mm in warm conditions and the larger buoyancy changes. I have not dove in a 7 mm freediving suit though only a scuba suit.
