This course is to provide the diver with the skills & knowledge necessary to spearfish, take game, and collect specimens while minimizing the diving risks of such activities. The course will focus on spearfishing and collection of species typically encountered in southern New England.
Pre-requisites: 15 years of age with Skin Diver Certification or SCUBA Certification
Time Commitment: Approximately 12 hours
Dives: 2 required
Cost: $350 (Discount if combined with Skin Diver Course)
Basic Outline:
- Safety
- Boats
- Critters
- Shallow Water Blackout
- (SWB)
- Entanglement
- Environment
- The Gear
- Basics
- Fins
- Masks
- Snorkels
- Weights
- Wetsuits
- Dive Timer
- Guns
- Types
- Rigging
- Bands
- Other
- Floats
- Reels
- Knives
- Computers
- Basics
- The Body (Physiology)
- Ears
- Lungs
- SWB
- Training and Fitness
- The Law
- Bag Limits, Minimum Sizes, and Restrictions
- Dive Flags
- The Environment
- Fish ID
- Habitats
- Conservation
- Tides, Currents, Waves, Weather
- Optional Modules
- Kayaks
- Photography
- Scalloping (Nov./Dec.)
- Gyotaku (Fish Prints)
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