Video: Freedive Spearfishing in Palm Beach

[dumpsterDiver]

A quick video of my buddy diving for a nice Dog Snapper in Palm Beach this weekend. Hero 3 Black, no light or filters.



[video=youtube_share;CG8ddeB-3C8]http://youtu.be/CG8ddeB-3C8[/video]

 

[vincent54]

Your buddy is a manimal. How deep? My last swim in Palm Beach was around some ship that washed aground. Is it still there?? A lot of small sharks. That was back in the 80's. I also got escorted out of town by the police. Apparently the Palm Beach beaches aren't public access, they don't allow riff raft. Delray was friendlier . Enjoyed the video.
Cheers

 

[Hank49]

That looked deep....over 100 feet?
Unreal diving. Thanks for sharing.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Thanks, it was "only" 85 feet. Sometimes I watch freedive videos and I just know that people "persist" in exaggerating the depths..

 

[Hank49]

I was gauging it by the size of the guy coming up. But it's hard to tell accurately on a camera. But he was disappearing in what appeared to be not so bad vis. And yes, 85 feet is deep. A LOT of people will say they dive to 40 feet, but if you strap a computer on them, maybe......25 - 30?

 

[vincent54]

Most people can't make 20 feet. I am impressed he went back for the tangled spear, found it and brought the fish back. It was almost 2 minutes for the dive according to the time line on video. Nice.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Most people can't make 20 feet. I am impressed he went back for the tangled spear, found it and brought the fish back. It was almost 2 minutes for the dive according to the time line on video. Nice.

The time line on the video is correct; it is not cut or accelerated or slowed. I did not time the dives, but I think they were more like 1:20 maybe? It took a good 10 minute rest between the first dive shown and the second recovery dive.


I just watched the video again.. the second dive was around 1:20...

 

[vincent54]

You're right. No wonder I run out of air sometimes, can't read numbers too well... Still an epic dive. Cheers

 

[dumpsterDiver]

You're right. No wonder I run out of air sometimes, can't read numbers too well... Still an epic dive. Cheers

Yeah he is a good diver. The dive time of 1:20 is really nothing to brag about, especially for him. However, there was a current and all the work of untangling everything and especially dragging a fish up, makes for a lot of exertion (not to mention swimming down and back from 85 feet). :shocked2: That is one reason why freedive spearfishing is especially challenging because it is not just a matter of time, the diver must have a sense for his exertion level for the various activities that he performs underwater during the dive.

 

[vincent54]

Think of swimming 50 yards underwater at the swim pool on one breath and that is a 75 foot free dive. The difference is if you come up short in a pool, you lift your head up. In a vertical dive no other option but to make it all the way. Not many swimmers can make that swim. Even with the aid of fins, the dive is impressive. I did hear PADI has a certification for free diving. Crazy. I thought you just had to practice and get in to swimming shape to free dive. I doubt if many divers could swim 25 yards underwater, thats why SCUBA was invented.