Go Pro Video: Scuba Spearfishing last weekend

[dumpsterDiver]

Not the best trip, but I shot a few small fish and got to help with a few others..Still learning a new gun. Go-Pro Hero 3 with a MAKO red filter.. no lights, all head mounted..

9 14 13 Stuart Scuba Diving - YouTube

[video=youtube;Ft7IGzlOdzM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7IGzlOdzM&feature=share&list=UU1utDku8vJ RJYgBZImLyLJQ[/video]

 

[Captain Bil]

Tried to watch but it hasn't been made available to smartphones.

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[maniago]

Boy, viz is pretty good. Where was this?

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Boy, viz is pretty good. Where was this?

Stuart Florida... Worse vis than I am used to in Palm Beach, but good for up there..

 

[JesperS]

Nice video as usual. The console entanglement made me gulp.

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Nice video as usual. The console entanglement made me gulp.

Thanks~ That little tangle issue is nothing unusual. Anything that can get tangled, will get tangled (eventually).

The thing that I worry about is a 400 lb jewfish (or shark) grabbing the 40 lb AJ in their mouth and taking off; I don't need that kind of ride.

 

[JesperS]

I kinda figured that's what was going through your head, looked like you took a quick look at your surroundings when you got tangled

Why not ditch the console and eliminate the dangly?

 

[dumpsterDiver]

I kinda figured that's what was going through your head, looked like you took a quick look at your surroundings when you got tangled

Why not ditch the console and eliminate the dangly?

Yeah, I WAS concerned about a jewfish or shark coming in on that wounded bleeding fish (that was momentarily attached to me). That is just one tiny example of where scuba spearfishing presents the diver with situations that are not entirely predictable, or avoidable or even ones they can control.

I also lobster dive and that involves (sometimes anyway) slamming your hand far back into dark holes and then using all your hand strength to manipulate, turn and yank a lobster out, all while praying that an eel is not going to chomp down on your hand.

So... I know for a fact that it is nice to have a compass on your wrist, but even that is a major snag hazard when using your hands and arms like that. I have lost dive watches before, now I only wear a G-shock and it seems to hold up to the abuse. Even if a computer wouldn't get stripped off my wrist when reaching into holes, it would get abused and scratched. It is also nice to eliminate the possibility of forgetting the computer etc. hard to forget to bring it, if it is attached to the scuba unit.

 

[JesperS]

Makes perfect sense.

 

[slsodiver]

Dumpsterdiver,

I'm a St Lucie diver also. That's some good hunting out there. What wreck were you on? Always looking for. Dive partner and I have a boat and always seem to be a diver short when the seas are nice. Hopefully getting some water time in the next couple of weeks. Awesome video. Nice to meet you. (New to the forum)