Snorkel poll for non-DM, and non-instructors.
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Hummm, did you mean to make this a poll? If you did, it didn't work. As far as the "average Joe" and snorkels, I hate them. They are great .... if you're a snorkeler. Kinda required for that. As far as for Scuba, I never wear one. I don't like it flopping around on the side of my head and snagging on stuff. I don't at all care if others wear them. To each his/her own. Personally, I don't use one.
Ahhh, now it's a poll! I voted.
Ahhh, now it's a poll! I voted.
Jimmer
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I pretty much find them useless for my average dive ie. middle of Lake Erie, down the line, up the line. I float on my back on the surface anyway. But I do carry one in my dive bag just in case I find a reason for it.
Diver Dennis
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How about, "Although some people like them and I respect their decision to use one, I don't like them and don't use one."?
Diver Dennis:
Stop being a troll
mrjimboalaska
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I'm the only one who said "snokels are for sissies"..................so far...............
No one has EVER accused me of being average, but I voted anyway.
I do not use a snorkel for the following reasons:
1. Sea lions love to steal them
2. When I squueze into tight places to film, they invariably get in the way.
If I'm required to carry one (as in Laguna Beach), I will. I have nothing against them other than the above points.
I do not use a snorkel for the following reasons:
1. Sea lions love to steal them
2. When I squueze into tight places to film, they invariably get in the way.
If I'm required to carry one (as in Laguna Beach), I will. I have nothing against them other than the above points.
Lehmann108
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I just started scuba diving, but I've been snorkeling in the ocean my entire life, so I'm quite used to it. I'd rather have it than not have it.
The poll is flawed . . . There are two equally true answers for me. A snorkel does not represent a "risk" for my type of diving. One cannot be worn ON the mask without potentially impeding donation of a long hose, but one can certainly be carried other ways. I simply haven't found a reason to have one.
When I did, I was always grabbing it instead of my inflator. When I tried to swim with one in rough water, the waves splashed over the top of it, and I inhaled water anyway. And a snorkel for somebody who's anxious -- Please! Snorkels increase your dead space and require a higher minute ventilation to begin with, and that's just going to make somebody who's already anxious much worse. Far better to use a regulator, which does NOT increase dead space.
I have a friend who insisted on keeping his, because he begrudged any gas he used on the surface. This was because he had such a high gas consumption underwater that his dives were never long enough for him. The solution wasn't a snorkel -- It was better technique, leading to decreased gas consumption.
When I did, I was always grabbing it instead of my inflator. When I tried to swim with one in rough water, the waves splashed over the top of it, and I inhaled water anyway. And a snorkel for somebody who's anxious -- Please! Snorkels increase your dead space and require a higher minute ventilation to begin with, and that's just going to make somebody who's already anxious much worse. Far better to use a regulator, which does NOT increase dead space.
I have a friend who insisted on keeping his, because he begrudged any gas he used on the surface. This was because he had such a high gas consumption underwater that his dives were never long enough for him. The solution wasn't a snorkel -- It was better technique, leading to decreased gas consumption.
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