Hello! I am happy to be here and want to get other's advice on skin diving. I am a competent swimmer and I am interested in increasing my bottom time. I currently free dive to about 30 feet deep. In my younger days I used to go 40. My dream is to go 50 feet. I recently bought a pair of long fins which made a huge difference. I mostly ab dive. I have a spear gun but rarely am I able to find fish. I dive in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. I am 51. I have been ab diving since age 15. I grew up on a swim team and can swim very well.
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welcome mate you can ask advice here on deeper blue theres a lot of competent divers here and instructors to advice for yah .but if you need some stuff i may help you with that cheers cn give you a great deals too 
what are the advice you want about skin diving? increase bottom time? how to catch fish? just ask and youle be answered here/.
dive safe
what are the advice you want about skin diving? increase bottom time? how to catch fish? just ask and youle be answered here/.dive safe
Welcome aboard Robyrobot. 50 feet, even more, is do-able, in your advancing age. The two biggest dive schools on the continent both have classes in the 'Bay' area or you can take a dive vacation in tropical waters. When I retired my dreams were a little higher than yours but in Hawaii you can double your abalone depth. They opened my eyes and helped me relearn diving. It's been a fun 12 years.
Let us know how you're doin'.
Let us know how you're doin'.
Freediving Instructors International, FII : Free Diving Training : Freediving Classes : Freediving Courses
Performance Freediving International
in alphabetical order (?) and I have taken lessons from both.
Performance Freediving International
in alphabetical order (?) and I have taken lessons from both.
Welcome to the forum, 50' should not be a problem if you take Bills advice.
You can read & read but nothing beats one to one tuition from a trained free diving instructor.
Please lets us know how you get on & in the mean time do some reading, practice some tables & relax!
You can read & read but nothing beats one to one tuition from a trained free diving instructor.
Please lets us know how you get on & in the mean time do some reading, practice some tables & relax!
Hi, I'm a new member too, and from California. I'm from Huntington Beach though. If you ever decide to travel this way
hey, I am interested in a dive buddie, and I do not drink or smoke anything I am not sure how far down I can go yet either. I have read a couple freedive recommended books...Breathology, but I wished that focused a little more on the actual Ocean and Freediving, and a little less Pranayama is everything..., and One I'm reading now which I think is really well rounded by Umberto Pelizzari and Stephano Tovaglieri called Manual Of Freediving Underwater on a Single Breath. I like this one because it says swimming is the most important sport...or practice or being in the water (duh?) but Breathology doesn't really say that anywhere. I actually don't freedive alone, but I must admit I am an avid bodysurfer, and am out night or day and almost always go alone for several hours at a time, and in doing that I do do some shorter breatholds in the form of underwater travel, as it seems faster for me. I live in Huntington Beach, and my days off work are Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday at the moment.
I am not sure how far down I can go yet either. I have read a couple freedive recommended books...Breathology, but I wished that focused a little more on the actual Ocean and Freediving, and a little less Pranayama is everything..., and One I'm reading now which I think is really well rounded by Umberto Pelizzari and Stephano Tovaglieri called Manual Of Freediving Underwater on a Single Breath. I like this one because it says swimming is the most important sport...or practice or being in the water (duh?) but Breathology doesn't really say that anywhere. I actually don't freedive alone, but I must admit I am an avid bodysurfer, and am out night or day and almost always go alone for several hours at a time, and in doing that I do do some shorter breatholds in the form of underwater travel, as it seems faster for me. I live in Huntington Beach, and my days off work are Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday at the moment.