diving off a canoe

[firedogut]

any tips for doing this?

best way to get into the water and more importantly best way to get back in.

 

[diverrick]

Well.... I would think that getting in would be very easy. Getting back in is the hard part. I would think it would be next to impossible. I have seen strap on outriggers you can buy that assist in stability. If you had that or something similar, you might be able to pull it off.

 

[Damselfish]

maybe you can rig a ladder than hangs down both sides, and do a synchronized boarding with your buddy - assuming they weigh the same

 

[pufferfish]

One of the rites of passage for any real Canadian couple is well (I know family board), you know in a canoe. Now that is not as difficult as it sounds, but scuba diving out of a canoe I would think would be next to impossible, at least from a typical Canadian lake canoe with poor primary stability.

You and your buddy would have to have the kit all prepared. I'd put one kit facing the stern and the other the bow and then each diver without standing completely up would slowly transfer his or her weight to opposite gunnels keeping their centre of gravity low. Both divers would have to be of similar total weight. Once sitting on the gunnels the back roll would have to be syncronized.

Getting back in would be less of a challenge. It is actually quite easy to get into a canoe on your own once you know how. I'd ditch the gear outside the canoe and then both divers get into the canoe. After that the gear could be dismantled in the water and lifted into the canoe at the same time from opposite sides.

This is definitely something to try next summer on a still windless night with someone taking video from the shore, and definitely part of the 'art' of scuba diving

 

[Michael Schlink]

A buddy and I found a true dugout canoe on Sanborn Key on Lighthouse reef in Belize. We tossed our gear in, off we paddled out to the reef, chunked everything in the water, slid into our gear and off we go on a great dive. Surface and now the fun really begins. Long story short after a few flips and dunks this is how it works; 1 person hangs on to one side while the other hops in the other side, no problem so far. The person in the water shoves the gear up into the canoe while the person in the canoe keeps from tipping over and everything going back in (tip; make sure there is enough air in the BC to keep it on the surface!) After all the gear is on board the second person pulls themselves into the canoe while the first person leanes as far to the other side as possible without tipping the canoe over. If at first you don't succeed keep trying until you're too tired and then just push the canoe back to shore! Dive Safe- Dive Alot-M

 

[medical1]

Get a Diveyak Made for diving! Very stable & very transportable. Just inflate and go.