Hello everyone,
Hola a todos,
My name is Kate and I am fairly new to freediving. A little about me: I was a competitive swimmer in elementary through high school. I fell into freediving accidentally about 10 years ago when I went to visit my friend in Roatan, whose boyfriend (now husband) owned a dive shop. I could have taken scuba diving classes there for free, but I didn't want to waste any of the precious little time I had on the island sitting in a classroom. After my friend taught me how to equalize the pressure in my ears, I realized I could go down as deep or deeper than the beginning divers but without all the gear. Years later, I found out this is called "freediving" =) Unfortunately, money, family obligations and limited vacation leave from work have prevented me from exploring freediving much more. However, nexr week I am returning to Roatan and in July I will be going to the Riviera Maya hoping to snorkel with whale sharks off Isla Holbox, snorkel/freedive in some cenotes, and visit Cozumel.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good point and shoot underwater camera? I am not at all a photographer, so I am hoping for something pretty easy to use but able to capture high quality photos in different lighting.
Has anyone been freediving in the sites I mentioned? Any good suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Kate
Hola a todos,
My name is Kate and I am fairly new to freediving. A little about me: I was a competitive swimmer in elementary through high school. I fell into freediving accidentally about 10 years ago when I went to visit my friend in Roatan, whose boyfriend (now husband) owned a dive shop. I could have taken scuba diving classes there for free, but I didn't want to waste any of the precious little time I had on the island sitting in a classroom. After my friend taught me how to equalize the pressure in my ears, I realized I could go down as deep or deeper than the beginning divers but without all the gear. Years later, I found out this is called "freediving" =) Unfortunately, money, family obligations and limited vacation leave from work have prevented me from exploring freediving much more. However, nexr week I am returning to Roatan and in July I will be going to the Riviera Maya hoping to snorkel with whale sharks off Isla Holbox, snorkel/freedive in some cenotes, and visit Cozumel.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good point and shoot underwater camera? I am not at all a photographer, so I am hoping for something pretty easy to use but able to capture high quality photos in different lighting.
Has anyone been freediving in the sites I mentioned? Any good suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Kate
