Hey. I’m a new member to this board. I’m hoping I can get some gear advice from you guys and would be super grateful if you can help. I am moving to the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas in a few weeks for one year. This is a long post, and I apologize for that in advance.
During my stay in Eleuthera I want to attain all my protein by spearfishing. I’ve never spearfished before. I’m a fairly strong open water swimmer, but most of my experience is in lakes not the ocean. I am not naïve to the differences between the two and have swum in the ocean before, and also have tremendous respect for some of the risks such as blacking out and sharks. For now, I just need gear advice to get everything bought before heading to the island. I want to bring everything I need to spearfish for a year with me.
I’m not rich but I’m not destitute. I want to take everything I need with me to the island and I’m not sure what to bring, both in terms of what items I need, and what brands and types would be best. I am hoping you guys could provide some sound advice. I don’t want to be cheap and end up with garbage gear that will not do what I need, but I definitely want to minimize the expense and brand names often are not worth the premium. I need functionality, I’m not trying to look cool.
I will be living a five minute walk from the beach, but not right on the beach. This means I can’t have a huge quantity of cumbersome or heavy gear.
I’m a tall guy above 6 feet and have gotten kind of fat, one reason for the move, but hardly the only reason, is to get the weight off. This obviously affects my buoyancy. It may mean that it will be a little while before I can dive deeper, which may be inadvisable going solo regardless.
All my spearfishing will be alone. I will have no boat and no partner. I will wear a shark shield, I understand it isn’t inviolate protection and that one still needs situational awareness. I will not be scuba diving, but rather will only use a mask and snorkel.
I would reemphasize that I need cost-effective solutions, though I may also be able to find some higher priced stuff used on Craigslist or other places, so if anyone knows the better brands or the more reputable brands or just really good products knowing that would be helpful as well.
A secondary use of my gear is long open water swims. I usually wear five fingers Aqua socks for my lake swims. Not sure if I’ll flipper it up or just stick with the Aqua socks for the swims. I will not be spearfishing on the swims. I’m not sure if I will wear my goggles on the mask and snorkel. I usually swim lakes with a Finis SwiMP3 player, not sure if this sound will attract sharks or impede my situational awareness in the ocean.
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During my stay in Eleuthera I want to attain all my protein by spearfishing. I’ve never spearfished before. I’m a fairly strong open water swimmer, but most of my experience is in lakes not the ocean. I am not naïve to the differences between the two and have swum in the ocean before, and also have tremendous respect for some of the risks such as blacking out and sharks. For now, I just need gear advice to get everything bought before heading to the island. I want to bring everything I need to spearfish for a year with me.
I’m not rich but I’m not destitute. I want to take everything I need with me to the island and I’m not sure what to bring, both in terms of what items I need, and what brands and types would be best. I am hoping you guys could provide some sound advice. I don’t want to be cheap and end up with garbage gear that will not do what I need, but I definitely want to minimize the expense and brand names often are not worth the premium. I need functionality, I’m not trying to look cool.
I will be living a five minute walk from the beach, but not right on the beach. This means I can’t have a huge quantity of cumbersome or heavy gear.
I’m a tall guy above 6 feet and have gotten kind of fat, one reason for the move, but hardly the only reason, is to get the weight off. This obviously affects my buoyancy. It may mean that it will be a little while before I can dive deeper, which may be inadvisable going solo regardless.
All my spearfishing will be alone. I will have no boat and no partner. I will wear a shark shield, I understand it isn’t inviolate protection and that one still needs situational awareness. I will not be scuba diving, but rather will only use a mask and snorkel.
I would reemphasize that I need cost-effective solutions, though I may also be able to find some higher priced stuff used on Craigslist or other places, so if anyone knows the better brands or the more reputable brands or just really good products knowing that would be helpful as well.
A secondary use of my gear is long open water swims. I usually wear five fingers Aqua socks for my lake swims. Not sure if I’ll flipper it up or just stick with the Aqua socks for the swims. I will not be spearfishing on the swims. I’m not sure if I will wear my goggles on the mask and snorkel. I usually swim lakes with a Finis SwiMP3 player, not sure if this sound will attract sharks or impede my situational awareness in the ocean.
Questions will follow in a reply.