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From a 6' high deck....
Works every time.
Works every time.
What's your favorite way to enter the drink??
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I've done just about every kind of entry you can imagine including a belly flop, but for the past few years my usual entry has been to simply walk down the stairs at the Casino Point Dive Park (Catalina Island) and roll into the water (assuming the tide is high enough so I avoid the rock that was left in front of the stairs!).
fisheater
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I have an inordinate fondness for the back roll.
It comes from a youth spent watching every Cousteau special and Sea Hunt rerun.
It comes from a youth spent watching every Cousteau special and Sea Hunt rerun.
Hickdive
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It reminds me of the old query as to why divers roll backwards into the water - because if we rolled forward we'd still be in the boat!
If entering from a boat I like to lean in the direction of the sea until gravity takes over.
If entering from a boat I like to lean in the direction of the sea until gravity takes over.
My favorite way of entering water is the safest for environment I am diving in.
I love doing giant strides in calm water but when boat is rocking + - 3 feet... you have to time it and back deck is slippery so it becomes hazardous.
I love doing back flips into water but again if boat is rocking... I do not want to get sucked under the boat and hit the prop... even if it is not spinning.
I also love to do what I call a kamikaze entry. I am sure there is a common name for it... I just do not know what it is. I deflate my bc... also must be on a taaaaaall boat. And I do a giant stride entry the marine style by stiffening up in the air and holding all limbs close to body. I find it particularly awesome to see the boat disappear and a wall of bubbles. I then come up and signal DM that I am ok.
I love doing giant strides in calm water but when boat is rocking + - 3 feet... you have to time it and back deck is slippery so it becomes hazardous.
I love doing back flips into water but again if boat is rocking... I do not want to get sucked under the boat and hit the prop... even if it is not spinning.
I also love to do what I call a kamikaze entry. I am sure there is a common name for it... I just do not know what it is. I deflate my bc... also must be on a taaaaaall boat. And I do a giant stride entry the marine style by stiffening up in the air and holding all limbs close to body. I find it particularly awesome to see the boat disappear and a wall of bubbles. I then come up and signal DM that I am ok.
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I have a confession. I HATE giant strides. I hated the first one I ever did -- somehow, I was sure that stepping off into water wearing 50 lbs of gear meant I would plummet to the bottom and never be seen again (a difficult thing to accomplish in a swimming pool). Although I have gotten more competent at them, I still never do a giant stride without wincing.
Back rolls are SO much better.
But my favorite entry of all is to walk to the edge of the platform and jump into the water with my mask and fins in my hand, because doing that kind of entry means I'm going cave diving . . .
Back rolls are SO much better.
But my favorite entry of all is to walk to the edge of the platform and jump into the water with my mask and fins in my hand, because doing that kind of entry means I'm going cave diving . . .
SeaHorse81
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Me three.
I love to step off from about six or eight feet up and just rocket straight down (feet together) in the afore-mentioned wall of bubbles, and then having it seem like the bubbles all just carry me back up to the surface where I give the DMs a big, smiley OK sign. Otherwise, it's the boring giant stride. Which wasn't so boring the day I hyper-flexed my right ankle downwards and was sore for days. Took a long time not to be defensive about giant strides after that. :sad:
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I mostly dive off boats so it's normally a back roll or a stride on bigger boats. But as long as I get into the water I'm happy 
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