Posts by Dan

  • Hello

    Quote from LOMartin

    About the safety learnt in these classes. How do you express what you have learned to the divers around you on a given day to affect and do you find yourself putting the safety tips into affectas you dive now.

    Those are good questions Larry that I was wondering myself. Hopefully Miamidiver will take the time to answer.

  • Diving with the F.N.G.

    Might as well add my story here. I was diving with Pantoja, there were quite a few guys on the boat that day, maybe 5 myself included. I was getting into the boat from the back to the right of the motor. Whoever was driving had the motor running but in neutral. Just as I grabbed the transom to pull myself up a wave hit the boat and someone standing near the console lost their balance and put their hand on the gas lever in an attempt to steady themselves. The motor went into gear and spun the propeller. I was shocked and just like Frank was afraid to look at my left side even though I felt no pain. Since then we have a rule that when picking up a diver the motor gets turned off.

  • EFFORTLESS!!!!!

    :thumbup: Thank you for the positive review. I wish you had another pair of footpockets so you could temporarily switch back to the waterways, that's when the difference becomes even more striking. Just keep the new fins away from boat drivers with itchy ignition fingers and they should last a long time ;)

  • Need divers Haulover

    Sometimes I cut off the head and tail if they're big to fit in the cooler. At home I cut the body in approx 8" lengths for easy storage until it's time to fillet them. Try to cut between the vertebrae, if not possible use pruning shears to cut through the bone. I don't scale the cuda pieces if I'm going to fillet them. If you're doing ruedas, I forget how to say this in English, you'll definitely need to use the pruning shears and it's better to scale. I've seen people scale cuda on the Islands by cutting along side the body against the direction of the scales. You can scale the cuda very fast like this with a few long cuts and no mess. I haven't been able to duplicate this procedure and they do it with rusty old knives which they sharpen on the spot.

  • Broward Beach Conditions

    I knew that there was some reason to mount a compass on my yak. Someone made fun of me once saying "where are you planning on going with that thing, Bahamas?" Truthfully at the time I wasn't aware of the situation you just described hau. I have since been caught out there swimming in a thunderstorm not being able to see 100ft ahead of me. All I could do was make sure I stayed over the reef and wait it out. At least these afternoon storms don't last very long.


  • Hello

    Welcome. Recently someone was asking me if anyone from the forum has taken one of the freediving courses and if they could comment on whether it helped their diving.

  • [SOLD] Carbon and fiberglass blades

    Non forum members can contact me at info@freedivingspearfishing.com


    EDIT - BLADES ARE SOLD


    1. Carbon/fiberglass blades 80cm x 19cm. Built in angle. Water channeling rails and new geometry tendon rails. These blades have a mat finish and are medium+ stiffness.




    2. Fiberglass blades Blue, 80cm x 19cm. Built in angle. Water channeling rails and new geometry tendon rails. These are soft blades.



  • invisible fins

    Why would they be "noiseless"? <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">


    I always thought that with the ice fins if a shark were to make a grab it's more likely he'd bite my legs, same with these ones. Maybe looking bigger with visible fins also helps deter predators.

  • Need divers Haulover

    I'm in. It takes me a day and a half to start feeling the urge to get back in the water, so I'm feeling it right about now. Forecast looks good though we'll probably get a little rain again.