[gladiator]

I thank everyone for their inputs. let me explain where I come from:

I do have a float of course, and I do use it to tow my gun, stringer, and a bottle of water. I never spear alone, I always go with the same buddy on all my hunts. The problem with the float is this, when I load the fish + my weight belt on the float it will lean a little forward or backward enough to add a good amount of drag. I cannot lay on the float either as it is very uncomfortable to lay on top of 15-20 KG of groupers and the float is already too heavy as it is if I lay on it it will be 90% submerged.

I cannot avoid the current on the way back to shore as the current is always side ways (low tide current pulls you to open water, while high tide pulls you in-land) on the attached map, yellow lines indicate current direction and red arrow is the swim to fish hideouts.

Finally, my thought was if I could dump the 10+ KG of weight belt the float will have better water dynamics and therefore my swim back would be much easier. I might be totally wrong but it was just a thought.