2023 Todays' Snorkels Innovation or Stagnation
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Let's look at todays' Snorkels and see how they have changed and what new design features are being incorporated. LINK: www.divers-supply.com/scuba-g...
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Snorkels are nice to have for scuba on those long swims to the reef drop off from the water entry point. Also nice for rough seas while waiting to be picked up by a dive boat.
Excellent comment Sleepy ! Bob C
I use a Sherwood Tiga. I like the Mount on it. Has that Pivot and Disconnect. Harder to use. Sometimes the Top Valve closes at the wrong times. When I go under, Air Pressure inside the snorkel causes the Drain Valve to Pop Open. And it gets stuck. Until I exhale Forcefully. I'll use it for a couple of Miles at the College Pool(13 1/2' Deep End) Once or twice a week.
Lot's of different brands and each ones take on what and how they incorporate their design specifics. Thanks for your comment. Bob C
If you swim out through the surf, don’t use a snorkel with a flex hose. It will twist and close and you can’t get any air. Use a solid tube. If you are in calm water, the flex will work and give you more of an adjustment for more comfort!
Good comments Bugman... Bob C
@@DiversSupplyYT thanks!
@@DiversSupplyYTI found this out when I started diving again after not diving since 1975. I decided to start diving again in 2021. Back in the day when I learned to dive, we did a lot of beach dives. I was trained by a LA county lifeguard. We were instructed when going out through the surf to always use our snorkel. This avoids any problem you might have with the rising and falling surf. Taking a breath on your regulator when you are in the trough and then suddenly you are pushed up by the surf is not ideal and could cause you severe problems. When I was trying to figure out my optimum weight for natural buoyancy I added some weight to what I figured out in my pool to see if it was enough for salt water. Now back in the 1970’s there were no flex snorkels, they were solid j snorkels. Well I has a flex snorkel that I had used many times but not scuba diving. I’m going out through the surf with full dive gear. The surf was about 3 foot, probably bigger then what was ideal for my purpose. Well I’m taking a breath with this flex snorkel and I wasn’t getting any air. The surf twisted the snorkel shut! I had no idea this could happen but learned real fast!
Another lesson I learned was all oceans do not have the same problem salt content. In the Pacific Ocean, 13 pounds was perfect for my set up. I took all my gear to Turks and Caicos and found out that I needed 2 more pounds. So always check you buoyancy when you are diving somewhere new or change any equipment!
nice video. So alot of these things arent gimmicks then? Im looking to get certified soon but will often be using my mask and snorkel for work more than going with a tank or hookah.
The bottom Purge Vent is one of the best additions to snorkels, the upper "what I call Flapper" works pretty good too.
When it comes to the inner double wall of the Atomic version well that gives me a certain level of pause, before I'd become a true fan.
I will agree with Mr/Mrs/Ms/They Melikesleepy that having that extra 3-4"s above your head in rougher water can be a benefit in more than calm seas.
Yes we all know that if you're a real diver you know how to clear a snorkel, even a J model. Regards Bob C
@@DiversSupplyYT thank you for the feedback. So whats the reason for the pause with the atomic version?
I'm not clear on why a snorkel is mandatory for the Open Water course. You never use it afterwards.
If you want to go snorkeling, obviously you'll need a snorkel. And bringing one to the dive site or having one with you on the boat is a good idea if you want to jump in the water and don't want to get kitted up in your SCUBA gear. But it's not a part of a SCUBA set.
I got a roll-up snorkel, which just permanently sits in my pocket. I have yet to come across a situation where I need to use it before, during, or after a SCUBA dive. I'll just use my regulator. The amount of air you consume while on the surface is negligible.
I used mine to save air when on the surface.
Hi BloodyM, * The reason it's part of the Open Water Scuba Course is that most folks have little to no idea how to use a snorkel.* As Chrisp below just said, he uses the snorkel to save air while moving along on the surface, just as you said.
Some folks buy a collapsible snorkel that rolls up, but what a pain it is to pull it out and put it in place vs just popping your mask strap mounted unit in or out when you need it.
There are places, maybe not in your diving area, where you enter in shallow water, swim on the surface a ways til you get where you want to descend. That's why we teach Snorkel/Regulator exchange while swimming on the surface in the OWSD courses.
Using a snorkel makes a lot of sense in these situations. Having a dive knife or dive light is also not part of a "SCUBA set" as you say. Having one
In reality a _Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus_ is only a Reg 1st stage, hose/s and 2nd stage and a tank/cyl. No Octo, No Gauge or Inflator, basically what a tank and early double hose regulator was.
So you saying it's not part of a SCUBA Set, is correct and neither is a dive computer.
Thanks for your comment ! Bob C
@@DiversSupplyYT My PADI OW Class we did the Regulator and Snorkel exchange as well
If you don't use a snorkel as an open water diver, then you are not doing the right kinds of dives LOL. 😂 I often surface swim to or from a dive site back to the shoreline or boat. However, having said that, it can be possible to be separated from a boat for a long period of time at the end of a dive. Using a snorkel in choppy water in this situation reduces the fatigue and increases safety, when surface times are increased. You must be lucky in not having to spend any time on top of the water in a choppy environment. In Australia, this is almost always the case. I don't know who taught you not to use a snorkel, but I consider it minimum safety gear along with a safety sausage. There's nothing worse than having to drop your weights so that you can ride higher in the water with your BCD inflated, because the waves are splashing over your face and head. With a snorkel this is not a problem.