How much weight should I wear? Freedivers and SCUBA divers learn their own individual answers to this question in theer first full course. With the lack of formal training available to them, especially in cold water, snorkellers usually have to sort this out for themselves. Dubious simple formulas can be found online that recommend a… Continue reading 199 Weights and Entries
Tag: equipment
196 Snorkelling at Saxe Point Park
On Saturday I finally got to try out my new Leaderfin Ice fibreglass blades from East 2 West Freediving. Fred Therock, one of the owners, had no trouble installing them in my JBL fins to replace their original polymer blades. With the old ones I got about 0.8 m of descent per kick cycle but,… Continue reading 196 Snorkelling at Saxe Point Park
181 Peter Cove
Peter Cove is adjacent to Wallace Point at the south end of North Pender Island. Earlier this week I was over there for a day trip so I used the shore access at the south side of the cove for some snorkelling on a sunny day. This first video shows the site. I made it… Continue reading 181 Peter Cove
180 Sturdee Street Cove
I went back to Sturdee Street Cove in Esquimalt, BC yesterday but this time I swam to the right rather than to the left which I did last week. This first video starts with a view of the entry/exit point to show what the beach looks like when the Esquimalt Harbour tide height is 1.5… Continue reading 180 Sturdee Street Cove
176 Henderson Point
As an experiment, this post about today’s snorkelling session in Saanich Inlet is mostly a copy-and-paste of the Evernote note that I am currently using as a logbook. Doing it this way saved a lot of typing but I don’t like how much space this WordPress theme puts between list items. This first video shows… Continue reading 176 Henderson Point