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Provided the hurricanes doesn't wipe out Cozumel and Grand Cayman, can you help me with tips on snorkeling in water 10-15ft? I have seen different types of masks and snorkels, some with caps on top. I just want to conserve energy and get the best experience I possibly can. How are disposable underwater cameras?
* Miranda and JoeD thanks so much!
* Cloud G you need to find something better to do with your saturday nights!
* DickJones Excellent info, you are almost neck and neck with Derick.
* Mo> good idea about giving my gear to the local kids. I was already considering buying my own gear on ebay. Thanks!
* tech3surfman> preesh 8 it! You were all very helpful and I am getting really excited about my trip.
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I just went snorkeling in Key West, it was pretty cool.
Snorkeling's fun and not hard to figure out once you get in the water. You'll have a mask on your face that covers your eyes and nose. The snorkel is just a tube that hooks on the side of your goggles. One end goes in your mouth and has little rubber prongs for you to bite and keep it in your mouth(don't bite through them). The other end stays above water if your floating face down.
They'll probably have some kind of defogger for you, but a good idea is that once you get in the water you leave the mask on your face. Taking it off and on gets more moisture in it and makes it fog up easier.
You'll have flippers on, when you kick, you kick in a scissor motion with stiff knees. Like you're trying to push the water behind you with your flippers.
You'll probably have some kind of floatation vest called a boyancy compensator. Which is basically an air filled(or not) life vest which you can blow into for some extra floatation, or keep it flat if you like to dive down a lot.
So basically you just float in the water face down and kick around a look at stuff while breathing through your snorkel. Dive down here and there to check out things up close.
When you resurface after diving down you can just blow the water out of you snorkel by sort of speaking a "Teh" sound into the snorkel. This is much quicker than taking your head out of the water and dumping the snorkel. Just practice and you'll figure it out.
At the one we went to we were instructed to not swim through water less than 7 feet deep so large waves wouldn't make us bob down onto the rocks and coral.
I didn't have any luck with the underwater disposable camera I used.
I just went snorkeling in Key West, it was pretty cool.
Snorkeling's fun and not hard to figure out once you get in the water. You'll have a mask on your face that covers your eyes and nose. The snorkel is just a tube that hooks on the side of your goggles. One end goes in your mouth and has little rubber prongs for you to bite and keep it in your mouth(don't bite through them). The other end stays above water if your floating face down.
They'll probably have some kind of defogger for you, but a good idea is that once you get in the water you leave the mask on your face. Taking it off and on gets more moisture in it and makes it fog up easier.
You'll have flippers on, when you kick, you kick in a scissor motion with stiff knees. Like you're trying to push the water behind you with your flippers.
You'll probably have some kind of floatation vest called a boyancy compensator. Which is basically an air filled(or not) life vest which you can blow into for some extra floatation, or keep it flat if you like to dive down a lot.
So basically you just float in the water face down and kick around a look at stuff while breathing through your snorkel. Dive down here and there to check out things up close.
When you resurface after diving down you can just blow the water out of you snorkel by sort of speaking a "Teh" sound into the snorkel. This is much quicker than taking your head out of the water and dumping the snorkel. Just practice and you'll figure it out.
At the one we went to we were instructed to not swim through water less than 7 feet deep so large waves wouldn't make us bob down onto the rocks and coral.
I didn't have any luck with the underwater disposable camera I used.
What is a good waterproof digital camera for SCUBA diving?
Sunnyboy
I'm looking for a compact digital camera which I can use both in and out of the water. Most of the good waterproof cameras which I have found are only rated to 10 meters, which is insufficient. Am I better off buying a regular camera and a waterproof case? I have seen some of these offered by Canon.
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You're best off to do a little research on the camera you really want and then see if there's a decent underwater housing for it. Personally, I'd steer clear of the actual camera manufacturer's housings. They tend not to allow use of all the camera functions and they are usually only just good enough that they can claim a depth rating of 130ft max. You're better off protecting that camera investment by purchasing a decent housing like an IkeLite ( if it's available for your camera). They're rated to 200 feet and each is factory tested to pass that. I own a Canon A720IS, that canon does make the housing for, but it was so cheaply made that I opted for the IkeLite housing instead. That housing cost TWICE as much as the actual camera. But I know the camera is safe and that model does everything I want in a camera, both above and below.
As for amphibs ( cameras that are in their own housing such as Sea&Sea, or Bonica) I'd advise against unless you don't mind lugging a large housing around on the surface or what your photos will actually look like. Amphibs are a compromise solution. They don't take great above water shots and they don't take great underwater shots. They do both only "ok" as opposed to a higher end camera that you put in a higher end housing.
When you're looking for a camera, keep a few things in mind.
What's it's power consumption like? Changing batteries is impossible on a dive.
What's it's storage format and capacity? You can't swap out cards on a dive.
How easy is it to point and shoot? You're looking through a housing with a mask on your face, can you see what you're aiming at?
You may be wearing gloves when diving. Can you manipulate those function buttons on the housing easily?
What are the options for adding things like strobes, lens or video lights later? What about the actual camera modes? You may find yourself doing macro or wide angle pics. Maybe at night? Maybe in low vis....that onboard flash can then be your worst enemy since you may not have an option to disable it and all you'll get is backscatter.
My advice... choose ten cameras that do what it is that you intend on doing. Find out if a dedicated manufacturer of dive camera housings makes a housing for those cameras. Then choose from between the ones that do.
You're best off to do a little research on the camera you really want and then see if there's a decent underwater housing for it. Personally, I'd steer clear of the actual camera manufacturer's housings. They tend not to allow use of all the camera functions and they are usually only just good enough that they can claim a depth rating of 130ft max. You're better off protecting that camera investment by purchasing a decent housing like an IkeLite ( if it's available for your camera). They're rated to 200 feet and each is factory tested to pass that. I own a Canon A720IS, that canon does make the housing for, but it was so cheaply made that I opted for the IkeLite housing instead. That housing cost TWICE as much as the actual camera. But I know the camera is safe and that model does everything I want in a camera, both above and below.
As for amphibs ( cameras that are in their own housing such as Sea&Sea, or Bonica) I'd advise against unless you don't mind lugging a large housing around on the surface or what your photos will actually look like. Amphibs are a compromise solution. They don't take great above water shots and they don't take great underwater shots. They do both only "ok" as opposed to a higher end camera that you put in a higher end housing.
When you're looking for a camera, keep a few things in mind.
What's it's power consumption like? Changing batteries is impossible on a dive.
What's it's storage format and capacity? You can't swap out cards on a dive.
How easy is it to point and shoot? You're looking through a housing with a mask on your face, can you see what you're aiming at?
You may be wearing gloves when diving. Can you manipulate those function buttons on the housing easily?
What are the options for adding things like strobes, lens or video lights later? What about the actual camera modes? You may find yourself doing macro or wide angle pics. Maybe at night? Maybe in low vis....that onboard flash can then be your worst enemy since you may not have an option to disable it and all you'll get is backscatter.
My advice... choose ten cameras that do what it is that you intend on doing. Find out if a dedicated manufacturer of dive camera housings makes a housing for those cameras. Then choose from between the ones that do.
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