how many freedive's in one day?

[madprops]

is there a rule on the max amount of times you want to clear your ears in a day ?? or is it just how ever you feel??

i clear my ears the whole way down and my ears don't really hurt after 3 hours at the pool (my hearing is a bit off after though) should i be doing more stuff that doesn't have to do with clearing my ears? or should i just dive as much as i want as long as there is no pain

how many times can you (at the person reading this) dive in a day??

and did you find that your ears feel it less or more after you have been at it for 1 or 2 years??

thanks for all the help

 

[vali]

how many times can i dive in a day?
it depends if i doing this for hunting, for seeing things under water or for pushing my limits...
1. if hunting [for turbot], i can go down for about 100 times [from 4 to 15 meters]
2. if for seeing things like observing fishes, 20-25 time a day at various depth [4 to 13 meters, even 15 sometimes...depending of my fatigue]
3. if pushing my limits, a maximum of 5 dives at various depth [9 to 12 or 15 meters] and the last one to 17 or 20 meters [i never doved under 20m]

so i can say that your body will tell you when to stop!!

 

[azapa]

and did you find that your ears feel it less or more after you have been at it for 1 or 2 years??

thanks for all the help

like all things in life, you can train and build up to better performances.

- I can dive for 4 hours straight in about 30M of water, doing about 50 dives (not all to 30M, many to just 15). I know people who can do 2x that easily
- your ears will definitely 100% sure become more easy to equalize and flexible (less equalization needed) in 1 to 2 years of solid depth diving

take a course and don't be too hard on yourself if it takes a while to get deeper.

take care

 

[madprops]

like all things in life, you can train and build up to better performances.

- I can dive for 4 hours straight in about 30M of water, doing about 50 dives (not all to 30M, many to just 15). I know people who can do 2x that easily
- your ears will definitely 100% sure become more easy to equalize and flexible (less equalization needed) in 1 to 2 years of solid depth diving

take a course and don't be too hard on yourself if it takes a while to get deeper.

take care

thanks i plan to take a class. as well as learn from reading and meeting people from this forum!

why is it that you can dive more when hunting ?? do you just push your self more ?? or do you make the dives easyer so you can hunt for longer?

 

[azapa]

i'm sorry but don't quite get your question. Maybe you are getting at depth: its harder to do a few very deep dives than lots of shallow ones, if thats what you mean? Freediving and "pushing yourself" don't go too well together. It's more about enjoyment (at my level anyway).

 

[madprops]

i'm sorry but don't quite get your question. Maybe you are getting at depth: its harder to do a few very deep dives than lots of shallow ones, if thats what you mean? Freediving and "pushing yourself" don't go too well together. It's more about enjoyment (at my level anyway).

sorry ment to ask the poster above you :head

 

[blueface]

After a four hour session of diving I'll end up with about 50 or so dives (not pushing it) just a typical spearfishing day. Depths are 5 to 28 meters and average time is 1:20 seconds. I rarely have problems clearing.

Skip

 

[Kars]

In my view it depends on:

- being rested,
- your tubes and sinuses being clear of excessive mucus and / or pollution,
- equalising frequently, gently and in time,
- the equalisation technique and head posture, - comes with practice
- tube and eardrum flexibility, - comes with practice
- water, head and eardrum warmth,
- hood squeeze.

When you have all of the above in order, ears should be fine for hours, and you'll get out because you're tired or some other reason.

Kars

 

[cdavis]

Dive longer while spear fishing? Its the blood lust, of course! I should know.

Fun aside, if your hearing is off when you are done with a dive session, probably not good. You are probably stretching your ear drum quite a bit even though it doesn't hurt. I have the same issue, never noticed it until recently, but am pretty sure my diving is having long term negative impact on my hearing (it only took 44 years). Try equalizing more often. If done properly, there should be no limit to the number of times you can equalize.

Connor

 

[Erik]

You will find that diving up here means that the cold will stop you before any other factor, once you're comfortable in the water and your ears are trained.
Cold water means massive calorie burn, but also tends to make you clench your jaw and other facial muscles. This means that equalizing is harder and you must use your excellent body awareness to relax as much as possible.
Generally you will notice that dives start to get shorter, you start shivering, then you lose incentive to stay in the water.
Warmer mid-Summer days will be better though!

 

[cdavis]

Erik, must be something else going on. The only dive trip I ever went on and GAINED weight was with you guys at Port Hardy!

Connor

 

[settingsteel]

Dang I'm in the water by 7 and out by 7, the only rest is getting to the next spot:crutch....at the end, In feel the day was too short, in reference to your question start slow and keep it enjoyable, better to equalize before than after you are at depth, better more and more often...dive'on brotha, dive'on!

 

[Erik]

Connor that's because the side effect is that you starve! And then there's all that FISH to eat

 

[cdavis]

Well, you guys sure fed me well. And maybe the ridiculous amount of rubber I was wearing kept the calorie burn down. Nothing like feeling like a bloated whale in a straight jacket to make a Florida boy happy. That and some fantastic diving.

Connor

 

[vali]

thanks i plan to take a class. as well as learn from reading and meeting people from this forum!

why is it that you can dive more when hunting ?? do you just push your self more ?? or do you make the dives easyer so you can hunt for longer?

because the fishes [turbot especially] are very hard to find....
you need to cover an important area when hunting turbot
let me put it in this way:
hunting turbot = he stay [it-s a sedentary fish but very well blended with his habytat] and you do most of the work there
hunting mullet = you stay and he do the swimming
of course there is allways some luck involved...

 

[vali]

i must add that the hunting of turbot in the black sea are ussualy made in a 10-14 degrees celsius, because is now in april-may...

 

[Newbie_spearo]

You can do as many freedives as you want in a day. The important thing is and this doesn't matter what depth your diving because it should become habit is to spend twice as long on the surface as you do under it. Best way to keep and eye on that is to get a dive computer with a freedive function. I just got mine and I find I'm actually diving more often coz I have the watch telling me ive been on the surface for 2 mins and that I should be ready for my next dive.

 

[Janner]

Like everybody has said already, listen to your body. The cold tends to stop me diving more than tiredness and your ears will find it easier to equalize with practice.

Even if you have a dive computer (which is a great freediving tool if you can afford it) and it tells you you have been on the surface for 4/5 minutes yet you still don't feel comfortable or relaxed then don't dive, give it more time.

One good dive is far better than five poor dives.

I have seen a few different blokes who say that they have a poor breath hold time yet they only give themselves a 1/2 min breath up. If i am diving deep with long aspettos in mind i give myself at the very least 3 mins breath up.

Practice makes perfect.

Ian

 

[vali]

i stay at the surface after a dive, as long as my body ask....
i don-t think that a good dive can be done if the body is not relaxed