dive float

A fair amount of the shore diving I do involves walks through shallow water of 100-200 yards (meters) before reaching a 5' (1.5m) depth to begin a dive. Gearing up at the beach would be cumbersome and makes little sense as it defeats a key benefit of sidemount. So my question is how to get the...

Occasionally I see divers with a breakaway float on a short section of rope that attaches to the back of their rig. This allows them to use their hands while also "holding" the surface dive flag. It uses cable ties to break away should the main flag get run over by a boater who is not paying...