Thread: Beginners guide to freediving/snorkeling

Damn thanks for the heads up Vieitnamcam .... Talked to rest of crew they're willing to go all the same... Me I'd be going okiwi .. Seat stands.

Nice job stingray

Yep. Good work.

Good shit
How was the vis?

Two spots less than a meter ... Were we got the feed I could see my fin tips .. It's a mint spot heaps of wicked turf it might fire up in the spring! Would suit a forum trip... Hint hint

Originally Posted by stingray

Two spots less than a meter ... Were we got the feed I could see my fin tips .. It's a mint spot heaps of wicked turf it might fire up in the spring! Would suit a forum trip... Hint hint

Bring it on

braille diving nice work

Originally Posted by stingray

Two spots less than a meter ... Were we got the feed I could see my fin tips .. It's a mint spot heaps of wicked turf it might fire up in the spring! Would suit a forum trip... Hint hint

I have been thinking about bumping the old thread for a while

Training dive last night. Low tide 20 ft vis flat calm ... A young bloke took the bait and young Jessy ( sinker ) took the bait and came for a swim.

He was mad keen, we dived the edge of the vis cracking kina and watching each other dive. Saw a little bit of plankton and very small jellies all in the top foot of water. Old mate spotties got amongst the kina we hit any rock or crack that looked handy and spooked out a wrasse and a small occy. Sinker kept me in the water right until the last of the vis and yarned up a storm back at the car park.

He texted today he's got himself a buoy and a little blue knife, he's good now with a bit of diving the bugger will be damn dangerous!

Off to Okiwi Saturday if the weather holds all I need is half a day ..butters to shoot.

Again spare seat cost ya $20 fuel. Pm me

Again spare seat cost ya $20 fuel. Pm me . Can you swing past and pick me up for $20

Smart arse.

well ya didn't miss much, 25 knots of south east.

Snuck out got some reasonable cod and tanked the scallops at 45ft, a bigger boat would have run the mad mile and found a lee shore at durville but not us.
Ran the sounder over some new ground and picked up some turf worth a tank about 60ft (next time)

Swam at the Glen last night with about 30ft vis,me and sinker heading out again tonight!! Still no kingi's or kawhia but when they show up I'll be ready.

Glen last night, vis out to 30ft, beautiful diving conditions tide in so hunted weed beds for a start .. nothing of interest.. out to 40ft. On the edge of rock/sand. where there is the odd (tree?) of weed, cracked Kina from the surface and smashed em on the bottom lured in a single blue cod and a large wrasse and the normal spotties.

Dived well with good vis and comfortable conditions saw me getting good breath holds and bottom time. With sinker and I spotting for each other it made ideal conditions to push ourselves nothing silly but working on pushing our limits out a bit.

Single cell plankton plankton were in the water coloum from the surface to 15ft deep, they looked like tiny jellifish about 5mill round with a single tenticle each side of their canopy, you would get three in a handful of water but swimming back to the surface they shone like gems in the sea. From a light purple/blue to a gold/copper colour with great vis and a setting sun they were very spectaular, millions and millions of them in every direction. As well as these in the top two feet of the tide were the other egged shapped ones about 10 mill thick and 20 mill long.

Exiting the water we found a dead half grown seal, looked pretty skinny as you could see its first four ribs and could not see any net marks or other damage so I'm picking it couldnt get enough tucker to keep going after mum left it to its own devices.

Cabel bay will be another spot to hunt with day light savings kicking in. A bit more turf around the coast there should hold more more interesting and edible species.

Sounds magic Stinger