Description
Taking your spearfishing skills a step further!
This course will guide you through new spearfishing techniques and will help you practice them in the open water. You will collect decades worth of experience thanks to the high standards of both the theoretical and practical sessions of this carefully planned spearfishing course, that will help you take your spearfishing skills a step further!
Strictly small group, fast track courses! Gain years of experience in just a couple of hours!
To enroll in a Advanced Spearo course, you need to be in good physical health, you need to hold a PADI Freediver certification (or a qualifying certification from another freediver organization). You must be at least 16 years old and the physical presence of the parent is needed for participants younger than 18 years old.
One Instructor for every 4 Students with a total duration of 3-4 days.
Content
Theoretical part consisting of at least 6 hours and the practical part of at least 9 hours total, in three dives of open water conditions. The participants will advance their hard earned knowledge on topics like, the spearfishing equipment, the underwater environment characteristics, organizing a spearfishing trip and will learn new hunting tips. They will also learn how to apply the spearfishing techniques they are familiar with in deeper water and new skills like the ”Agguato”, variable weights and bluewater spearfishing will be added to their skill set! All of the above, while practicing the buddy system for maximum safety and fun!
THEORY SESSION
SPEARFISHING GEAR – TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS/PROPER USE
– ADVANCED FREEDIVING EQUIPMENT / ADVANCED SPEARFISHING EQUIPMENT
UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTICS
– CONDITIONS/BOTTOM COMPOSITION/STRUCTURE
PHYSICS OF SPEARFISHING
MASS – INERTIA – RECOIL
DRAG – RESISTANCE
SHOT
BANDS PROPERTIES
BUOYANCY
ΤΕΜPERATURE – HEAT
FISH – IDENTIFICATION/CHARACTERISTICS
– ANATOMY – PHYSIOLOGY/HABITS – HUNTING TIPS/DEALING WITH THE CATCH – CLEANING – FILLETING – REFRIGERATION
ADVANCED SPEARFISHING TECHNIQUES
– PROPER GEAR USE / MOVING IN THE WATER / DUCKDIVE LONG S/G / DEEP WATER DROP DIVING LONG S/G / DEEP WATER AMBUSH LONG S/G / DEEP WATER HOLE FISHING – SHORT S/G / DEEP WATER DYNAMIC AMBUSH ”AGGUATO” LONG S/G / AIMING-SHOOTING / POST SHOT TO SURFACE PROCEDURES / VARIABLE WEIGHTS / BLUEWATER SPEARFISHING
WORKSHOP
– RIGGING THE BUOY/FISHING LINES, KNOTS, CRIMPING/CALCULATING BANDS LENGTH/REPAIRING THE DIVESUIT WITH GLUE/CLEANING,FILLETING THE FISH
PRACTICAL SESSION
SPEARFISHING TECHNIQUES
– PROPER GEAR USE
– MOVING IN THE WATER
– DUCKDIVE LONG S/G
– DEEP WATER DROP DIVING – LONG S/G
– DEEP WATER AMBUSH – LONG S/G
– DEEP WATER HOLE FISHING – SHORT S/G
– DEEP WATER DYNAMIC AMBUSH ”AGGUATO” – LONG S/G
– AIMING-SHOOTING (DEEP WATER DROP DIVING , AMBUSH, HOLE FISHING,DYNAMIC AMBUSH)
– VARIABLE WEIGHTS
– POST SHOT TO SURFACE PROCEDURES – DEALING WITH THE CATCH
– BLUEWATER SPEARFISHING