how to get in and out of nasty surf

[dlndavid]

Here is a pic of us going about to do a surf entry......the only way I could get in was to put my fins on, put my mask strap under my hood, and swim in backwards, so that the waves would wash over me, and not grab my tanks. On the way out a wave broke on me and ripped my fins off.

Man, them's some nasty looking waves...
betcha wish you could have used the Moses method.

 

[Hank49]

I am 6ft (second from the right), the waves was crazy that day. Normally we would not dive those waves, but it was the monthly Wrinkles dive, and the locals didn't want to let the out-of-towners know that it wasn't dive-able...... There was a strong rip current to the left, and it took as about 20 minutes of swimming just to get in. Viz was about 3ft at 120ft. Bad day for diving, the lifequards reported 6-8ft waves that day, but then again we measure from the front of the wave.

That front wave looks great for body "whomping". Nice little barrel. I love those kind of days. You spend a lot of time in the tube. It looks like it was mushing in from the outside then reforming into that little grinder into the sand. Lucky you. I wish we had somehting like that in Belize now and then.

 

[MyDiveLog]

Here is a pic of us going about to do a surf entry......the only way I could get in was to put my fins on, put my mask strap under my hood, and swim in backwards, so that the waves would wash over me, and not grab my tanks. On the way out a wave broke on me and ripped my fins off.

You, sir, are a mad man! I do a lot of beach diving in sometimes tough conditions, and I've developed a special technique for days like this ... turn around, put your stuff back in the car, and go to breakfast!

 

[ScubaNorth]

You, sir, are a mad man! I do a lot of beach diving in sometimes tough conditions, and I've developed a special technique for days like this ... turn around, put your stuff back in the car, and go to breakfast!

That technique is copyrighted and on file at the US Patent Office. I believe someone owes me a royalty. Oops wait I have truck you're ok as long as it's a car. Of course do not try to steal the phrase used when I first arrive and see the surf "Holy $&@#".