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Clubs & Organizations

IUSA World Record Online Application
The IUSA has added an online application for world records to make it easier to apply. Make sure you follow all the guidelines when submitting so you're not disqualified for some  minor technical…

Ocearch Shark Tracking Site
This site shows the tracking information for tagged Great Whites all over the world.


Teens 4 Oceans
Check out this student run site. It has a couple of great underwater webcams (Bahia Honda and Dry Tortugas)

The Fishing Rights Alliance
This is THE site when it comes to fighting for your right to fish and the future of recreational fishing. We need a voice against the commercials and this site provides it.



Blogs, Info & Discussions

Tides4Fishing
A very helpful site with tons of fishing weather-related information. Everything from tides to wind to wave heights with predictions from all over. This link is directly for the South Florida/Florida …

MiamiSkinDiver.com
A friend of a friend... If you're looking for an experienced guide in SoFlo or the Bahamas, Chris has done it all. Check out his site and decide for yourself.

SpearoBlog.com
Another blog site from a member of the San Diego Freedivers. Roman Castro maintains this site and updates it regularly, providing great pics and blogs of his and his friends' dives on the West coast i…

Performance Freediving
I recently took my second freediving course from PFI (my first with FII) and they are a top notch teaching institution. Regardless of which one you pick, take a course. You won't regret it.

SpearBlog with Cameron Kirkconnell
This is a blog site maintained by one of the world's best spearfisherman, Cameron Kirkconnell. Visit to check out his many worldwide adventures pursuing the next big fish.

DeeperBlue.Net
Your online resource for the underwater world


Freediving Instructors International
This is the freediving instruction institute started by Martin Stepanek offering multiple levels of classes in places from Fort Lauderdale to Egypt.

Deep Blue Water, Key West FL
This site has great pictures and editorials (along with equipment reviews and tips) about freedive spearfishing in Key West.

Spearing Magazine
Check out the latest publication made just for the underwater hunter, online!


Terry Maas - Blue Water Hunting and FreeDiving
A book by one of the most acclaimed freediving photographers/writers. Makes a good coffee table book too. The chapter on Ethics and Conservation is especially interesting.





Spearguns and Gear

Koah Spearguns
I just got my first enclosed track euro gun from Koah and it's awesome. Incredibly powerful and accurate! Not to mention that they are absolutely gorgeous guns too!

Austin's Diving Center
I do just about all my gear purchasing here. They don't just sell it, they use it! Whatever you need for this hobby, you should be able to find it here.

TunaSkin.net
A couple of guys I met in the keys run this site and sell some pretty nice apparel as well as one of the nicest affordable CF pole spears I've seen. They're excellent fishermen (line as well as spear)…

HawaiianSling.net
This guy makes the most interesting hawaiian sling around. I own one myself and it's incredibly powerful! For you sling enthusiasts, I would definitely recommend checking it out.

Nautilus Spearfishing
This store is owned by one of my FII instructors. If you're looking for spearfishing equipment in South Florida, check it out.

Imersion Underwater Sports
This online store has some very affordable pricing for their products.

Mako Spearguns
This site has some great prices on accessories as well as guns.

Wong Spearguns
These guns are individually handmade by Daryl Wong. I can't afford them, but maybe you can!

Riffe Spearguns
Check out some of the best guns around. Designed and made by a World Record spearfisherman. I have quite a few of these.

Videography & Photography

SpearfishingMovies.com
Check out this site for some very nice underwater footage from many different spearfishing locations.

InSea TV
This is a great freediving and spearfishing video site created and run by Ryan McCinnis. There is some really impressive footage on this site. Check it out!

Helpful Tips

Constrictor Knot
This is a link to a simple image displaying a constrictor knot.

How to tie a constrictor knot
This link will take you to a step-by-step demonstration of how to tie a constrictor knot. The knot of choice to tie off speargun slings.

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Bob Diaz - Thursday, 20 April 2017 01:50

This review is actually long overdue as I've had this mask for well over a year now and I honestly don't know why I hadn't done it before now. After trying multiple masks over several years (and several hundred dollars), some were good (Mystic, Star, Nano), and some were bad (Zero Cubed). Before this, I had actually decided upon the Cressi Nano as "the one". I thoroughly enjoyed the fit and volume of the Nano, but there were a couple of VERY minor issues with the fit. I'm convinced that the...

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Bob Diaz - Sunday, 28 March 2010 18:32

{phocagallery view=category|categoryid=16|imageid=255|imageshadow=shadow1|detail=2|float=left|pluginlink=0|type=1}Over the weekend of March 27 th & 28 th 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 spans almost 9 hours. This...

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Bob Diaz - Saturday, 30 January 2010 08:18

I finally bit the bullet and decided to sell my No-Ka-Oi. It had gotten next to no use in the time I had owned it and it seemed a shame to have it just sit there so I Ebay'd it. With the funds from that sale, I invested in a gun that is a little more multi-purpose (at least that is how I convinced myself to get it :). I was extremely torn among 3 choices. I was considering the Euro 120, 120x and 130. After a couple of weeks of deliberation and a lot of flip-flopping, I decided on the Euro 120....

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Bob Diaz - Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:57

Back in March of 2010 I enrolled in and completed the FII Level 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 many people, life gets in the way and complicated which in turn keeps you from building a true regimen that reinforces all the good behavior learned in the course. Needless to say, I forgot some of the basics, fell back into many of my old bad habits...

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Bob Diaz - Saturday, 28 September 2013 18:22

The summer had been busier than I would have liked this year and I honestly hadn't had as many opportunities to post much less given much thought to writing a new SpearView, but after having time to really reconsider, I realized that I had actually had multiple opportunities to try out new equipment this year (not all of it successfully). Further to that point, when I took the PFI Freediver course back in March I had decided to invest in a new mask and ended up deciding on the Omer Zero Cubed...

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Bob Diaz - Wednesday, 08 February 2012 16:32

{sigplus link=goprohero2 index=1} {/sigplus}I finally jumped on the HD bandwagon and bought myself a Hero2 HD digital camera by GoPro. These little beauties have been around for quite a while now so hearing about them isn't exactly news. But since I finally got around to purchasing one for myself and it happens to be that the Hero2 is the biggest leap in performance that they've given these cameras since their launch, I figured I would put in my 2 cents worth.

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SpearBlog 2010

Bob Diaz - Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:23

Seas: 5-8 feet Winds: 15-24E/SE Viz: 5-10 feet Temp: 83F Well, they say that every cloud has a silver lining, but they always forget to mention how big the cloud may be or how far you need to look to find that so-called lining. Usually, I will be the first to tell people that my worst day spearfishing is still a great day diving but unfortunately this weekend has stretched my belief to the limit.

SpearBlog 2005

Bob Diaz - Monday, 11 July 2005 15:05

Well, thanks to Tropical Storm Cindy and Hurricane Dennis, my vacation this year pretty much sucked! Not only did the weather not cooperate, but I also had a congested ear which kept me from diving 2 of those few days that were actually worthwhile. Basically, the only day we shot anything worth mentioning, was the day they announced the mandatory evacuations for visitors. I won't even mention the actual conditions, because they were abysmal. The winds were kicking about 10-20 (depending on the...

SpearBlog 2011

Bob Diaz - Monday, 30 May 2011 17:06

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 Monday, but we hoped one good day would be enough and besides, we usually get the hell outta Dodge early on holidays to beat the traffic so Monday didn't even really count, so we were hopeful as we pulled in Friday night and I...

SpearBlog 2010

Bob Diaz - Wednesday, 20 January 2010 14:06

Well, another year has come and gone. Some changes have been implemented for us spearfishermen this year, not the least of which is the closing of all shallow water grouper from Jan 19, 2010 through April 30, 2010. If you want to read more about the reasons behind the closing, check out this article . In future years, the closing is scheduled to begin Jan 1 (instead of 19th like this year). The closing includes pretty much every grouper species with the only exceptions being the Snowy, Warsaw...

SpearBlog 2007

Bob Diaz - Saturday, 10 February 2007 00:20

Winds: 5-10 variable Seas: 1-2 feet Surf Temp: +/- 73F Viz: 20-35 feet We decided to get an early start this year, and the weather shaped up for a few days so we went out on Saturday. We only went down for the day, but it turned out to be a good one. Things started out a little rough, but you know how it goes when you go out for the first time of the year. Practically everything went wrong. It started out with my forgetting the key to the lock hitch on my truck (I was supposed to tow the boat...

SpearBlog 2007

Bob Diaz - Sunday, 01 July 2007 01:26

Sat 6/23 Winds: East 5-10 Seas: 1-2 ft Surf Temp: 82 F Viz: 20-25 ft Finally some weather worth diving for... The winds have laid down for about 4-5 days now and we are finally get back to business. The water is calm and a wonderful temperature too. We didn't catch a whole lot, but at least we got back in the water. Just the usual suspects today, black grouper and mangrove snapper. Still, it felt good to get back in the water after the last few weeks.

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