Free diving is very dangerous.
Great white alert. Any bull sharks in that area? They are MEAN.
Some guys like to dive, hike or climb alone. It’s not a very good idea in my opinion.
Viz was 12ft. Not too bad considering but murky. Waves were pretty big. Some 6-7's mixed in.
Get to the reef. Lobsters EVERYWHERE! muttons EVERYWHERE. Clouds of them.
I only brought my bouy . No kayak or anything to hold lobsters or fish(out of water) So I caught a couple lobsters and started stuffing them in my wetsuit top. Remember these are spiny lobsters... I had 4 in my top against my lower back and stomach. I went down shot an nice mutton and put him on the fish stringer that was attached to my bouy. I get a little further out on the reef. And even more lobsters . Everywhere. Walking, holed up. Everywhere. Then next thing I know I'm engulfed by thousands of mangrove snappers. big boys too up to25 ". Monsters . I shoot one and get him to the surface.
Next thing I see is and 10 ft bull shark at the tip of my fins. So I said F this. Let the mangrove go.
Next thing I know two of the lobsters start freaking out in my wetsuit. I kid you not. I have never been so scared in my life. I swore I thought I just got bit by the shark. Ended up seeing two other while I worked on catching the rest of my Lobsters as the thousands of mangrove snappers and muttons just circled my head.
Many free divers work very hard to supress the bodies signals that it is getting low on oxygen. Some get too good at it.
Chum for sharks.
An 18 footer a mile out? The Pacific must be pretty placid along that stretch of coastline, despite the nice breakers.