Listen to your Unkle Ricky... No one can ever guarantee these things. This does sound like the perfect distance for a canoe or kayak dive though.Rick Murchison:
3/4 mile too far to swim?
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mike_s
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I gotta say this is too far of a swim also.
Many many many years ago, I used to swim 1/4 to 1/2 miles a day and could have easily swam 3/4 (w/o scuba gear on). But then you also gotta swim back. so you're at 1.5 miles with scuba gear.
You also have to worry about boat traffic. All the boater "could" see is part of your head above water, before he hits you.
Now days, I won't do a shore dive that I have to swim more than 100 yards or so for. If you get caught in a bad current really far out, you'll wear yourself out trying to get in.
Many many many years ago, I used to swim 1/4 to 1/2 miles a day and could have easily swam 3/4 (w/o scuba gear on). But then you also gotta swim back. so you're at 1.5 miles with scuba gear.
You also have to worry about boat traffic. All the boater "could" see is part of your head above water, before he hits you.
Now days, I won't do a shore dive that I have to swim more than 100 yards or so for. If you get caught in a bad current really far out, you'll wear yourself out trying to get in.
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I'd hate to know that I had to do a rescue tow that far . . . .
Divingnthedark
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Well hopefully you would have your flag and float with you but it would be a real drag... mine has an inner tube inside for extra surface bouyancy...I guess it's all how good of shape you are in, as well as your swimming abilities. I have been a lifeguard since I was 16 and a lifeguard instructor for the past 24 years so I know that stroke technique really goes a long way toward conserving energy and how far you can swim. Like I said... I really wouldn't want to do the dive as a shore dive if it's 1000 yards out.mike_s:
Sounds like a kayak dive to me. Get an ocean kayak (not a river kayak). A lot of the single-person ones even have a place to put the tank for the paddling part. With water that shallow, it would be no problem carrying a line and a few weights to use an an anchor.
Ishie
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I screwed up nav on a dive and ended up that far offshore (without a flag, with some fishing boats nearby, and the water full of frigging sea nettles).
Not fun... took forty-five minutes and that was hauling butt because we were freaked out about the boats.
Rent a kayak.
Not fun... took forty-five minutes and that was hauling butt because we were freaked out about the boats.
Rent a kayak.
yards????
*shrug* That's about the same size as a metre, right?
Anyhow.... there's a dive here that's an awesome dive, but it's a 1/4 mile (miles I can wrap my head around) swim from a suitable entry/exit point. It can take upwards of half an hour to swim out, depending on the divers & the conditions. However there's a bit of a make-shift short-cut entry point much closer. If a rescue needed to occur this would take about 5 minutes to swim to. And it's just off the highway. So.... the swim doesn't make it any more dangerous. However in the right current it is impossible to swim out.
There's plenty of sites around. That one gets saved for a competent buddy, nice weather (it's miserable in chop & rain) & the right tides.
3/4 of a mile...? I don't think you could talk me into that. Especially if there was nowhere closer you could use in an emergency.
*shrug* That's about the same size as a metre, right?
Anyhow.... there's a dive here that's an awesome dive, but it's a 1/4 mile (miles I can wrap my head around) swim from a suitable entry/exit point. It can take upwards of half an hour to swim out, depending on the divers & the conditions. However there's a bit of a make-shift short-cut entry point much closer. If a rescue needed to occur this would take about 5 minutes to swim to. And it's just off the highway. So.... the swim doesn't make it any more dangerous. However in the right current it is impossible to swim out.
There's plenty of sites around. That one gets saved for a competent buddy, nice weather (it's miserable in chop & rain) & the right tides.
3/4 of a mile...? I don't think you could talk me into that. Especially if there was nowhere closer you could use in an emergency.
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jonnythan:
I think your math is just a bit off there. I do a 25 minute mile. I don't think someone who took 85 minutes + would claim to be a strong swimmer.
Still, this would definatly be a case of shaking the bottle and is probably not a good idea.
James
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Big difference, dude
triton94949
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One-half mile (880 yards) is an exhausting swim, even with fins on. After you do a swim like that, you will not feel much like scuba diving. And even if you did, then you would certainly not feel like doing the swim back.
This would be a piece of cake with a kayak and paddle or with a small inflatable and motor. To try to swim it would be insane, and unsafe.
This would be a piece of cake with a kayak and paddle or with a small inflatable and motor. To try to swim it would be insane, and unsafe.
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