Getting to 10m/33ft

[danpass]

I'll be heading over to Stuart's Cove snorkeling on Nov 29th.
I'll be requesting the Cessna wreck (Jaws IV) as one of the 3 dives they do on snorkeling excursions.
My understanding is that the wreck is at 6m.
As of today, using Oceanic Caribe fins in the 25yd olympic pool, I was able to do 3/4 of the length underwater, 2/3 of the length without fins, both with a decent push off the wall (though the fins get sucked back, tough to overcome that one. I did try pushing off the steps .... meh)
This previous week I have been doing the walk/breath-hold exercises.
Both of the above activities give me a 25sec breath hold max comfortable.

Would I be able to get to the wreck and back if I can get at least 45sec in the walk/breath-hold exercise? again, comfortably - no going for "those extra 5secs" lol
I figure gravity will get me down there easily enough and I glide back up (or blow the CO2 canister in the vest they give you )

My current issues:
- Need to improve my breathe-up, especially to minimize hyperventilating.
- Need to improve my kick rhythm in order to get into glide mode. I was kicking hard to get across the pool even with telling myself 'glide, Dan, just glide'. My muscle memory is still in the phase of "powering across" lol

Thanks

 

[azapa]

Lots of questions and your trip is soon Dan!

Being in Florida you could check out Performance Freediving or DiveFIT.com both of which have great courses.

It is impossible to say how you will do on your snorkeling trip 'cause I have no idea about you, but in general 6M is quite easy to get to, if you can equalize your ears. (have you done that before?)

I would take it one step at a time, go out there and have fun without the "must get to that point" attitude. Also make sure you are with someone when you dive, and when you pool train too.

Look up "shallow water blackout" or SWB for short and it will give you an idea of the dangers inherent with freediving.

Have fun and report back!

I'll be heading over to Stuart's Cove snorkeling on Nov 29th.
I'll be requesting the Cessna wreck (Jaws IV) as one of the 3 dives they do on snorkeling excursions.
My understanding is that the wreck is at 6m.
As of today, using Oceanic Caribe fins in the 25yd olympic pool, I was able to do 3/4 of the length underwater, 2/3 of the length without fins, both with a decent push off the wall (though the fins get sucked back, tough to overcome that one. I did try pushing off the steps .... meh)
This previous week I have been doing the walk/breath-hold exercises.
Both of the above activities give me a 25sec breath hold max comfortable.

Would I be able to get to the wreck and back if I can get at least 45sec in the walk/breath-hold exercise? again, comfortably - no going for "those extra 5secs" lol
I figure gravity will get me down there easily enough and I glide back up (or blow the CO2 canister in the vest they give you )

My current issues:
- Need to improve my breathe-up, especially to minimize hyperventilating.
- Need to improve my kick rhythm in order to get into glide mode. I was kicking hard to get across the pool even with telling myself 'glide, Dan, just glide'. My muscle memory is still in the phase of "powering across" lol

Thanks

 

[danpass]

yes, I've equalized. I've also done a resort course SCUBA down to ~25ft.

At the deep end (8ft, they wouldn't let me in the dive tank, 16ft) it takes maybe half a kick to get to the bottom.

I figured 25ft-ish would be a relatively simple matter.

Just start equalizing early to avoid a big power clear lol.