Greetings from Los Angeles!

[TGras]

Hi All,

Glad to be on the forums; I'm Tyler and I am just getting into freediving and spearing. I have been SCUBA Diving for over 13 years, recreational and technical, and have speared every now and then for the past 3 years. I have now gotten a lot more serious about it, buying carbon fiber fins, and a Gatku polespear, floatline, etc. to get started and have owned all the other required equipment from diving.

Anyways, I am anxious to take a freediving class and dig deeper into the sport. At the moment, I do not have any friends who spear and freedive regularly, so if anyone in the LA/Malibu area may need a buddy, don't hesitate to message me. I am on dive charters very frequently and take boats out with friends very often, as well as snorkel the coast with my girlfriend regularly. I am eager to see what the sport is all about, and have an alternative to putting a tank on my back.

Cheers!

 

[Bill McIntyre]

Welcome Tyler. I'm down in San Clemente but there are two clubs in the LA area that you might want to check out- The Long Beach Neptunes and the Los Angeles Fathomiers. Non-members are welcome at their monthly meetings, and attending might be a way to make some contacts with other spear fishermen.

 

[Stephan Whelan]

Welcome to DB @TGras

 

[BatRay]

Welcome to Deeperblue! You're in a pretty centralized area for classes and for locating other divers. You could have a look in the USA/Canada subforum, linked here: https://forums.deeperblue.com/forums/usa-canada.91/

You could also use the forum search function using keywords that pertain to your area. Good luck, and have fun!