Hello from Wales

[Dafydd Rhun]

Hi, I'm from North Wales and am new to spearfishing. I enjoy rod and line fishing but get bored sat on the rocks waiting 'not a very good fisherman'. I really enjoy swimming around the coast and seeing Fish at close quarters just makes me want to try a more hands on approach at fishing. I'm a confident swimmer on the surface but am after a few tips and pointers on freediving to improve my time spent under the surface.
I have purchased all the gear for spearfishing and am happy with all but my wetsuit, a cheap second hand badly fitting 3mm o'neil wetsuit. As I enjoy swimming so much anyway I have been saving up for a custom made one as I'm a lanky 6,5" bloke it's a bit awkward to get a good fit Thinking of buying from Oceanos?
Any tips and advice will be much appreciated and as I live and work around a part of the North wales coast I hope I will be able to help others in return.

 

[SubSub]

Welcome to DB Dafydd (is that the welsh David?)

I'm gonna come with the standard reply to this question. Find and participate in a freediving course. It is really valuable not only in teaching the proper techniques, but also the most important bit - the safety bit which otherwise is easy to disregard to various extent.

If you cant find a proper freedive course I'm shure you can find a fellow welsh dude here on the forum that you could go out with and get the basics explained.