stiebs
Contributor
When I originally got certed, we were told that a snorkel was part of every SCUBA diver's safety equipment.
Coming from a spearfishing background, I've never had a second thought about carrying a snorkel. And it's even come in handy a number of times on shore dives, as I find it a lot easier riding the surf in with a snorkel over a regulator. And on those pier 15fsw dives, for the swim back after sucking the tank dry at the end of pier.
More recently (especially on boat dives) I've noticed an increasing number of divers who wouldn't ever consider taking a snorkel along for the ride.
I can see that for some types of diving a snorkel would not add any value, but do you consider it worthwhile for say, an ocean dive where there is a (hopefully remote) risk that you could be left floating in potentially rough seas waiting for a rescue?
Coming from a spearfishing background, I've never had a second thought about carrying a snorkel. And it's even come in handy a number of times on shore dives, as I find it a lot easier riding the surf in with a snorkel over a regulator. And on those pier 15fsw dives, for the swim back after sucking the tank dry at the end of pier.
More recently (especially on boat dives) I've noticed an increasing number of divers who wouldn't ever consider taking a snorkel along for the ride.
I can see that for some types of diving a snorkel would not add any value, but do you consider it worthwhile for say, an ocean dive where there is a (hopefully remote) risk that you could be left floating in potentially rough seas waiting for a rescue?