Anyone dive without a snorkel on?

[Dave Zimmerly]

You gotta be kidding. Who issues you a ticket?

Dave (aka "Squirt")

 

[shelbyg75]

I'm not from the area but apparently I've read it is a $74 ticket. Here is a link to their Rules and Regulations page:

(B) Authorized Orders to Discontinue Skin Diving and Scuba Diving. Police officers, the city manager, or other employees of the city designated by the city manger to enforce skin diving and scuba diving regulations and control skin diving and scuba diving activities, may prohibit skin diving and scuba diving at any time diving conditions become hazardous as a result of storm, congestion of persons, lack of proper equipment (such equipment to include mask, fins, snorkel, buoyancy compensator, and diving partner) , or other conditions which cause a present danger to the person skin diving or scuba diving or to others. No person shall fail, refuse or neglect to stop skin diving and scuba diving activities or to leave the water when ordered to do so by any such employee of the city.

http://www.lblg.org/rule/scuba.htm

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

How idiotic... Good grief...

 

[runamonk]

Every single time.

I cannot stand having it attached, it just gets in the way.

My Wife, myself, my best friend and his wife and both our instructors all dive without snorkels.

If you're more comfortable without it, take it off. If you're worried you might need it at some point, get a foldup version that you can stuff in a pocket or dangle.

 

[Lisa0825]

After my OW certification back in the early 90's my two buddies and I took a trip to Egypt. It was in January so the water was quite choppy.
Our third dive was to a somewhat rough spot because of this reef only 10 ft from the surface. Current was high. We should have not done that dive, especially since the boat was full of newbies. we did nevertheless.
Long story short ... we drifted far from the line and had to swim back as most of us ran out of air ... believe me, since, I have managed to learn quite a few things that are necessary in the real world so not to run out of air.
We all surfaced and began to swim. As instructed, we all used our snorkels for the swim back but the waves kept on crashing over the tubes. Some folks panicked until the DM started screaming "Get on your backs and ditch the snorkels" ...
since then, I have not used one.
Besides that little incident, it always gets in the way, no matter how you adjust the darned thing.

My 2 cents ...

Tanker299

EXACTLY!!! When I was in choppy water in the Keys, swimming toward the boat, I started out using mysnorkel, but the water washing in was making it impossible. I found it much easier to roll onto my back and just BREATHE, even with the occasional splash in the face!