Hey everyone,
I have been a long time member of SpearBoard (not sure if there's any bad blood there
) but found that there a was a lack of an international community, so I decided to sign up on deeperblue because I will be moving temporarily to the Western Cape of South Africa later this year, and I would like to make some dive buddy connections if possible!
I am currently going to college in Orange County, California near Newport beach. Originally, I am from Seattle, Washington and have done 95% of my diving in the Puget Sound, Northern Pacific Coast, and Canadian Gulf Islands/San Juans, but have gotten out a couple times since moving down to SoCal and have also been spearing in the Bahamas. I'm 19, have a PFI intermediate certification, and have been spearfishing for 7 years now, only while freediving. The type of hunting we do up north is on kelp beds or hole hunting in rocky reefs for bottom fish, but I would love the opportunity to try hunting some pelagics.
I will be moving to Hermanus in early June of this year and staying until mid-August, just a little over 2 months. I will be doing a research internship with the South African Shark Conservancy, helping them with field research and data analysis, tagging and studying mostly the smaller catshark species of the Western Cape, in addition tracking the prey animals of Great Whites such as smaller cetaceans and sea lions. I am understandably super stoked about this opportunity and getting to do some awesome diving while Im down there will only sweeten the deal. The videos I have seen of the spearfishing on the Cape is other-worldly compared to what I'm used to in the Pacific Northwest.
I'm very excited to be joining this new community, and I wish you all safe diving! Cheers.
Lino
I have been a long time member of SpearBoard (not sure if there's any bad blood there
) but found that there a was a lack of an international community, so I decided to sign up on deeperblue because I will be moving temporarily to the Western Cape of South Africa later this year, and I would like to make some dive buddy connections if possible!I am currently going to college in Orange County, California near Newport beach. Originally, I am from Seattle, Washington and have done 95% of my diving in the Puget Sound, Northern Pacific Coast, and Canadian Gulf Islands/San Juans, but have gotten out a couple times since moving down to SoCal and have also been spearing in the Bahamas. I'm 19, have a PFI intermediate certification, and have been spearfishing for 7 years now, only while freediving. The type of hunting we do up north is on kelp beds or hole hunting in rocky reefs for bottom fish, but I would love the opportunity to try hunting some pelagics.
I will be moving to Hermanus in early June of this year and staying until mid-August, just a little over 2 months. I will be doing a research internship with the South African Shark Conservancy, helping them with field research and data analysis, tagging and studying mostly the smaller catshark species of the Western Cape, in addition tracking the prey animals of Great Whites such as smaller cetaceans and sea lions. I am understandably super stoked about this opportunity and getting to do some awesome diving while Im down there will only sweeten the deal. The videos I have seen of the spearfishing on the Cape is other-worldly compared to what I'm used to in the Pacific Northwest.
I'm very excited to be joining this new community, and I wish you all safe diving! Cheers.
Lino
