Giant Strides, what's the maximum height you would

[diver 85]

do one from in full scuba gear(single tank & 'warm water', not much weight on as in Caribbean water)???-assuming you have plenty, say 25 feet or more , of water depth under you.........just curious......

 

[battles2a5]

The highest I have done was Oil Slick Leap in Bonaire. It's prob 8 feet or so from the rock to the water. Of course you can use the ladder, but it's much tougher and cooler to jump from the ledge and splash the innocent bystanders.

 

[427Dave]

Did one from 15ft into 30ft of water, piece of cake, just remember not to look down, look straight ahead or you could belly flop. That would hurt!

 

[Gary D.]

Off the deck of a bird farm. Not recomended for those without the proper training and a local bird farm.

With twin 90's, mask, fins, boots and shorts.

Gary D.

 

[grumpymedic]

Last summer we were doing giant strides and back rolls of the platform at Clear Springs..It was probably 7-8 ft. and the water was about 6-7 ft. deep. Kinda made the water yucky but it was a blast..

 

[divermatt]

Giant Strides? I did one off a 1 meter board once...Nearly turned me into a woman.

 

[Wildcard]

Same story, 12 feet, bout choked on the man berries they were hit so hard. Ive since done 20 plus but know to keep my legs together and fin tips up when I hit.

 

[Rainer]

The highest I have done was Oil Slick Leap in Bonaire. It's prob 8 feet or so from the rock to the water. Of course you can use the ladder, but it's much tougher and cooler to jump from the ledge and splash the innocent bystanders.

Ditto. OSL is somewhere between 7-9'. I remember thinking it looked much taller standing on the rock than when I looked back from the water.

 

[fisherdvm]

It was about 10 ft. I was scared, but others were doing it. Better than lugging the gears throught alot of garbage... Everything went well.

 

[diver 85]

Same story, 12 feet, bout choked on the man berries they were hit so hard. Ive since done 20 plus but know to keep my legs together and fin tips up when I hit.

So far you're the winner....lol..........Our son used to do them off this (the bow), in fact he cracked the back plate of his Scubapro BC doing one.......Think it measures about 22 to 23 feet from the bow tip to the water line.......


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