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Cheap-ass floats for beginners: float 1

Posted May 9th, 2008 at 11:48 by yaffle

Where to get a nice freediving float/buoy/line etc? Well....in the toy shop!

We get :

1 Pool School deluxe baby float ( 1,50 euro at my discount toyshop) - 2 air pockets and Max 15 kg carry!
1 rope (start at 20 meter, since we are at builder level 1)
1 weight from an old dumbbell (1,5 to 2 kg)
1 small plank
some hooks, screws, a carabiner or alike(tie-wrap is also possible), tape and finally: some time.

The float:
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yaffle

Face down and away!

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CA trip prep 10 days to salt water

Posted May 8th, 2008 at 03:01 by slimsteve

May 7, 2008
CA dive prep 10 days left
Well my daughters contact didn't pan out for my CA trip next month but at least I have got a local who is also interested in spearfishing. My mate got my suit in the mail man he likes to wait till the last minute on all things, drives me nuts sometimes as it doesn't leave much leeway for change of plans when things pop up. Perhaps he just knows I'll get it taken care of.
Getting nervous now about finding a dive partner. Thought 6 weeks...

slimsteve

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Just wanted to share an experience

Posted May 6th, 2008 at 00:30 by blaiz
Updated May 6th, 2008 at 06:10 by blaiz (spelling)

Yesterday my buddy and I kayaked out to a shipwreck ~1 mile off of shore. The wreck is an old whaling ship that was sunk in 100ft of water for the use of a submarine that takes tourists underwater. The Wreck has been there for close to 3 years and has attracted some large and very tasty fish. i.e. Uku aka Green Jobfish, Mu aka bigeye emperor, Ulua aka GT and many other reef and palagic speciece.

The day could not have been better (well maybe less one experience), water vis was over...

blaiz

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Thursday 1st May

Posted May 1st, 2008 at 16:47 by ickledevil

Dived today at another new for me site, just after low tide. Current was running fairly hard and water was a bit sloppy but viz was Ok. and got better the further I swam, think the tide was bringing in clear water. Anyway heard a few bass and saw a couple of glimmers of silver on the edge of the viz (3m at its best) Was ready to quit when I spotted one in some Japweed it was an absoloute hog, at least 7lb but I drifted half past it and at first mistook it for a wrasse! Anyway short of it is I fluffed...

ickledevil

Going down.......

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Dive prep for may 2008 CA hunt

Posted May 1st, 2008 at 02:06 by slimsteve

April 30, 2008
I decided to head to California to get into the pacific and maybee get to see a friend. I figured I had better do it know as all my friends and family live scattered up and down the Alantic cost of the U.S. and I don't know when I'll have the oppertunity to get in California waters again as the family is getting older.
Any way I have tried to find a dive buddy through this site. Posted a thread and had a couple people try to put me in touch with other people. I actually...

slimsteve

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