| "body"> | | | | affects free divers and is why it is recommended to |
| Snorkeling would be using a mask and snorkel; you | | | | get some training, and why serious free divers |
| may or may not have fins on. Normally snorklers stay | | | | always dive with a buddy that understands about |
| on the surface and cruise around looking at the fish | | | | Shallow Water Blackout, and what to do should it |
| and corals underneath them. A lot of them will then | | | | happen. It is standard operating procedure that one |
| want to dive under the water, and see the fish up | | | | of the buddy pair is always on the surface, to help |
| close. | | | | the other guy if there is a problem. |
| Those that break the surface and use fins would be | | | | Fishing while free diving is a whole separate sport and |
| considered free divers. Many are now taking this to | | | | quite an exciting one, as you are looking for the fish, |
| some real extremes, with the record being over 80 | | | | then you need to hit it with some sort of spear, and |
| meters! For most free divers, 6 to 20 meters is the | | | | then you have to take the fish and yourself to the |
| normal range. If you are going to try to become a | | | | surface. In Hawaii it has been taken to a art form as |
| serious free diver, it is in your best interest to get | | | | they latch onto fish in the 20 kilo and larger size, and |
| some professional training for a couple of good | | | | they can have a real man vs. nature battle that is |
| reasons | | | | quite intense, as the fish will do their best to escape, |
| 1) To maximize your skill, which will make you more | | | | which means that you have something fighting |
| efficient and able you to go down longer and deeper. | | | | against you, trying to keep you from going to the |
| PADI, SSI and most dive certification agencies have | | | | surface when you need a breath of air right now! |
| specific courses for this. | | | | Besides wrestling bears or boxing kangaroos I can't |
| 2) Shallow Water Blackout, which can be deadly! | | | | think of a fairer fight. Hunting fish with scuba diving |
| Shallow Water Blackout is caused by the changing | | | | gear is illegal in most places, and is considered in all |
| partial pressures of air at depth, which most only | | | | sportsmen's eyes as unethical. |