Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Tue Mar 19, 2013
Back in March of 2010 I enrolled in and completed the FIILevel One freediving course. I was extremely happy with the course content and the outcome (check out the SpearView). Unfortunately for me, I'm not a professional freediver, so as with...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Sat Jan 30, 2010
Throughout my relatively short history in spearfishing (as of this writing), I have only used a few different spearguns. Now obviously, my opinion in this matter is not one of extreme trial and error. Mostly it consists of recommendations made to me by those I spearfish with along with some of my own common sense.
In the beginning (early 1990's), I...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Tue Mar 30, 2010
Over the weekend of March 27th & 28th I took the Level 1 Freediving course offered by FII (Freediving Instructors International) at their Headquarters in Pompano Beach FL. FII was started by Martin Stepanek, a multiple time freediving world record holder. The Level 1 curriculum is taught over a 2 day course. The first day is classroom and pool based and...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Fri Feb 12, 2010
Believe it or not my latest addition to my spearguns is not one for shooting fish (well at least not shooting to kill them). But it hopefully will help others watch online what I love to do underwater. I have made a camera mount for my Riffe Euro guns. This mount will fit on any Euro that has the reel...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Tue Aug 5, 2014
Wind
Seas
Viz
Temp
5-15mph SSE
2-3 SE Swell
40-50'
86F
The past couple of weekends were plagued with algea blooms and low viz thanks to the higher surf temps and a West wind that always seems to wreak havoc for us. But right around Wednesday of this...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Mon May 30, 2011
Seas: 3-5 feet
Winds: 20-25 S/SE
Viz: 20 feet
Temp: 81 F
The forecast for the long weekend was promising, at least for Saturday. S-SE winds at 5-10 knots with seas 1' inside the reef and only 1-3' outside the reef, phehomenal. The outlook wasn't as great for Sunday and...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Tue Jun 21, 2011
Seas: 1-4 feet
Winds: 10-15 S/SE
Viz: 25-30 feet
Temp: 84 F
After last weekend and the good luck we had with finding the large mangroves, we decided early on that this weekend we would focus on doing more of the same as we talked...
Written by Bob Diaz
| Published on Tue Aug 14, 2012
Seas:
2-5'
Winds:
10-25 SSE
Viz:
2-45'
Temp:
83-87F
Well, it's that time of year again. The time of year when people that don't normally dive will take a chance as well as the risk and jump in the ocean to look for those prized crustaceans, the Caribbean...
