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Do you dive with or without your snorkel attached and why?
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Tanked Monkey
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Looks like 500 posts to me. You were the 500th reply, but we're splitting hairs. Let's just grab a beer and celebrate.
H2Andy
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snorkel? que'st que c'est?
actually, i heard that someone was going to build a stealth snorkel that could
not be picked up by radar, and i thought to myself.... what a useless invention.
divers already have no trouble not being spotted by the dive boat ... who needs this?
it did look cool, though... and if a breeze caught it, it would get you airborne
for a few seconds at at ime
actually, i heard that someone was going to build a stealth snorkel that could
not be picked up by radar, and i thought to myself.... what a useless invention.
divers already have no trouble not being spotted by the dive boat ... who needs this?
it did look cool, though... and if a breeze caught it, it would get you airborne
for a few seconds at at ime
Tanked Monkey
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H2Andy:
I thought we spoke American in this forum
H2Andy
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mikeloyco:I thought we spoke American in this forum
ah, ok! sorry for speaking Latin
"que'st que c'est" is Latin for "Pardon me, young man. What time does the
bus leave the station?"
The standard require I have one. I have a foldable (squishable) snorkel I dive with otherwise.
Paul
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You shouldn't ever carry a snorkel, after all, you may never need one.
You shouldn't ever put lifejackets in your boat, after all, you may never need one.
You shouldn't bother with trip insurance, after all, you may never need it.
...and so on...
Unless you can guarantee you always will make it to your exit, with air, in conditions which will allow you to do without a regulator or snorkel, you should at least carry one somewhere on your person.
I know a guy, a very good diver, who got caught in a current on a rough day and ended up a 1/4-1/2 mile from where he was expected in deep, choppy open ocean. That got him thinking about the possibilities and how handy a snorkel would've been at that time... he bought a stowaway snorkel that afternoon.
later,
You shouldn't ever put lifejackets in your boat, after all, you may never need one.
You shouldn't bother with trip insurance, after all, you may never need it.
...and so on...
Unless you can guarantee you always will make it to your exit, with air, in conditions which will allow you to do without a regulator or snorkel, you should at least carry one somewhere on your person.
I know a guy, a very good diver, who got caught in a current on a rough day and ended up a 1/4-1/2 mile from where he was expected in deep, choppy open ocean. That got him thinking about the possibilities and how handy a snorkel would've been at that time... he bought a stowaway snorkel that afternoon.
later,
keelhaul123
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I wear on most of my ocean shore dives. Mainly because such dives around here ften require a 100-200 yd swim out to water deep enough to drop down. I also like them on boat dives if the seas are kicking up a bit. Floating on the surface after the dive while waiting to get back onboard its easier to breath through the snorkel than to get a mouthful of water from the waves. BUT...if I am doing a calm water dive...usually freshwater, I don't feel any real need for a snorkel.pilot fish:
T.P.H.
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So that `s what that tube dealy is in the bottom of my bag.I though it was for siphoning the water out of my BC!
T.P.H.
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So that `s what that tube dealy is in the bottom of my bag.I though it was for siphoning the water out of my BC!
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