Aloha!
I am glad you liked the vid.
Mozzie, I am now using a 3mm suit (mega compressed from 5 to 3) and I am using 2kg of weights. I am 192cm (6,4) and I weigh 82kg. Please, do practice! I hope the tips that I am speaking about will have some resonance in your head
But always you first think it through and then actually do it
Apneaddict, I try to combine deep freediving with spearfishing. Honestly, after being able to fish at 35-40 the depths of 15-20 meters are nothing more than a technique-focused training
And I am pretty sure that you have the ability to combine the two but you might not yet be aware of it...
I will cover some safety precautions in upcoming video but for now:
I strongly support the idea of diving with the buddy and I am now going with my buddy 98% of the time. Which is an enormous progress from earlier times (a year ago
) when I would be alone 80% of the time. And it might turn ugly... some silly mistake leading to something even more silly when you are alone
The point of diving with someone is ... well, there are many. At first, its a great experience seeing someone new in action. I always analyze, break down someone else's performance and learn what I find useful. Once this period is over you both start to complement each others performance and learn this unspoken language of partnership. Shit, this paragraph sounds cheesy to me
But the fun part is when you can understand your buddy without words. And you can tell by a split second observation of his (never spearfished with a chick) behavior that something is up. But that usually comes with a bit of time.
When you dive with someone its always give and take (which pays back in the end). You saw a good spot for an ambush? Offer it to your partner. Saw a big grouper get under the rock? Let your partner have a go at it first.
We dont usually have our guns tied to something here, in the Med. But a reel is a must. The funny thing with the reel is when the line is not enough
I fkin hate it when it happens. Shot a fish at 45, it got stuck (well, we like those deep ones
)... and the reel line is only 42 meters
So on the way up you have to let the gun go, watch it sink, dive down to get it, bring it back to 42... watch it sink
But we do use buoys (with a weight tied to a long line) which are positioned next to the area we fish at.
Our spearfishing areas are always around the rocks as fish have nothing to do with just sand. It could be reefs - long rocks, imagine a 5to25m wide patch of rock along the shore. They could be at 5m deep, at 25m or at 45m (find me at the latter)
Around Cyprus we do have some of the rocks-rocks. I am talking about just scattered rocks on the sand or grass. If you find those very deep... Ah, thats heaven. Imagine rocks the size of the car/truck down there. labyrinths, ancient cities
And drops. Those are the crazy stuff. In the second video you saw a dusky on the top of the drop. That same drop goes up to 15m at a certain spot and drops vertically to 35m
You sit at the top, look down and dont even see the bottom...
