diving saftey

calnatv said:
Don' stick your head, legs or arms under boulders you just dredged around. No matter how stable it feels or looks, it could be just a pebble keeping it from pinning you to the bottom. Be aware of big rocks and boulders that can slide down in your dredge hole and hit you in the noggin
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Keep a shoulder or hip in contact, you will feel a shift or movement before you ever see it- split second advantage that may save your arse
 

when i was a teen i was rock hopping through a creek while fishing, stepped on a large flat rock about 7ft x 7 ft by 4 ft thick. it poped straight up i went in the water and lucky for me it lied back down where it was before, i thought i was a gonner for a second, last rock youd expect to move, but it did. boulders can get you when you least expect it. and if they do its game over.
 

Beekbuster what port/s do you fish from? Do you have Tuna fever + gold fever?
 

i went out of shelter cove on a charter 60 miles out to get tuna last year. usually i go with my father in law who lives in the area, but just for rockfish and salmon. tuna fishing is a blast, id like to do it again. i heard dorado were being caught 12 miles off fort bragg yesterday. go out of trinidad and shelter cove mainly, either on my kayak or my boat. and look for gold on the way home:tongue3:
 

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I am trolling from S.F. to Shelter Cove next week. Taking 2 weeks for the trip there and back. Been to cove every late July for the last 20 years.
 

beekbuster said:
i went out of shelter cove on a charter 60 miles out to get tuna last year. usually i go with my father in law who lives in the area, but just for rockfish and salmon. tuna fishing is a blast, id like to do it again. i heard dorado were being caught 12 miles off fort bragg yesterday. go out of trinidad and shelter cove mainly, either on my kayak or my boat. and look for gold on the way home:tongue3:
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Did you PM John? Hooka is safe and easy. I've never been certified but have the books and have read them also. Most of it doesn't apply to Hooka style diving. Follow your bubbles up and let them win is a great statement I saw in this thread. Common sense in Hooka is all that it takes. I don't know how many hours I have under water but I spend up to 10 hours at a time under on one dive so there is a big difference between scuba and hooka. #1, you're generally less than 10 feet down. Take your first dives where all you need to do is stand up. I've found lots of gold in less than 4 feet of water and still used a hooka and laid on the bottom. I dove alone before I found a partner that was worth a dam and it was slow. Having a partner triples your underwater output.
 

Dive in your limits, don't go over your dive time and do your safety stops..... Be alert and in control and you should be fine, ps I dive alot with a metal detector, I have an agrivated cough, it's not so bad under water for some reason and when I do need to cough I'll cough through my regulator, also don't hold your breath and equalise often while going down
 

I bought a snorkel yesterday and even that's got me nervous! Lol. Baby steps...
 

at the moment my interest isnt to go deep, i just want to be able to get to deeper water than is possible from just a snorkle. i dont anticipate needing to use the dive tables, but i know "what you dont know will kill you". just because i dont intend on going 30+ ft doesnt mean i dont have to learn some live preserving skills before taking the plunge.
 

MTS--nothing wrong with baby steps EVER as paranoia makes you make deadly mistakes. Do NOT extend that snorkel as you must be able to expel all the carbon dioxide from your lungs and suck in fresh oxygen. You slowly concentrate exhales and get woozy/headaches or worse. B got the pm no problem BUT deposit required as lost 1 cd/book already to theft, books what books ,sorry but cost me MUCH over the years in first editions signed by authors, many now gone...John
 

Step one... Mask and snorkel.

Stay in water no deeper than your waist... In NON current area...
Practice in this level of water...
This may seem stupid to some...
But to those who have never snorkeled before this is all you need to "learn".
Any more and experience begins to play a part..

In this same level of water ... on your knees... your head should be above water...
This ensures that if you have inhaled water by accident... you can immediately stand up and be free of the waters grip to an extent.

If waves are present... which can change at any moment with the winds...
This is the perfect area and level of water to experience the buoyancy and capping of a snorkel...
Stay in this area for awhile and gradually over time... move deeper each week when confident and comfortable.

Always be alert and aware of your surroundings this is concerning currents...
If you are floating and swimming face down with mask and snorkel it is real easy to become disorientated and one should never become
complacent... and you should always stop and look up and around to keep bearings...
This insures you are not ... being pulled into a rip current / being pulled out to sea...

If ever caught in a rip current... remain calm and start swimming parallel to the shoreline... until you break out of the rip.
 

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yeah even at 4 ft at 9 seconds its a surging washing machine if you have no protection from the waves. but i got my abs! constantly checking location and waves.
 

beekbuster said:
at the moment my interest isnt to go deep, i just want to be able to get to deeper water than is possible from just a snorkle. i dont anticipate needing to use the dive tables, but i know "what you dont know will kill you". just because i dont intend on going 30+ ft doesnt mean i dont have to learn some live preserving skills before taking the plunge.
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Right! For example: Diving with a hooka to 10 feet deep can lead to lung damage if you take a breath 10 feet down and then come up while holding your breath. Spend a weekend learning to dive. They will teach you all the safety techniques and rules in a pool. Lungs are like eyes, you only get two and they don't grow back if you f up. Be safe and get the gold!
 

Call Duane at Paradise Dive Center in Paradise 530-872-7707 it wont cost you $600.00 Tell him Jeff Smith sent you !!!!
 

principedeleon said:
Well if he dredging there is very little about. All things you should really worry about start at 30' and deeper.
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Try 20 feet and deeper! You can still saturate at 20 feet and still go to the surface (USN "K" diver). At 25 feet saturation will put you off the no decompression table, and you will require decompression to surface. You will have to use the 40 foot decompression table for your bottom time, and spend damn near 12 hours in deco.

Here's the navy No Decompression Limit table.
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Capt Nemo said:
Try 20 feet and deeper! You can still saturate at 20 feet and still go to the surface (USN "K" diver). At 25 feet saturation will put you off the no decompression table, and you will require decompression to surface. You will have to use the 40 foot decompression table for your bottom time, and spend damn near 12 hours in deco.

Here's the navy No Decompression Limit table.
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Well who ever i got it from was pretty close but thanks for the accuracy depth. I have only been down 15 feet deep in my deepest dive while dredging and i still take great precaution because i have no need to rush up to the surface i have plenty of air. People who loses air or is free diving that takes desperate measures and rush up to the surface with a lung full of air. I come up slowly and totally exhale. I havent receive not even one headache lol

But im planning on doing some deeper dives in the future..so thanks for the awareness !
 

In any case, whether breathing from a hookah or scuba, you are breathing compressed air and need to KNOW the rules!

The rules for scuba are the same for hookah diving. Just the equipment is different.

Even freedivers can get the bends from the naturally compressed air in their lungs during their dives. About 7 freedives to 100' could get you bent.

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