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#14167
Using a Snorkel
GenoMc - 8/01/2008 7:38 PM
Category: Survey
Replies: 118

Except for Cave,Cenote and Wreck diving, Do you take a Snorkel with you when you go diving?
#51828
Greg - 9/16/2008 3:52 PM
[Choose #3] When training or when in the ocean.
#3936
seawolfdiving - 9/13/2008 6:51 PM
[Choose #1] i cary a "snap snorkel".
#328
Spearo - 9/09/2008 2:01 PM
[Choose #4] All of my divin is wreck so I never use it but I keep one in my diving bag.
#25
deepsteel - 9/07/2008 10:28 PM
[Choose #4] Snorkels are worthless. Streamline!!!!!
#50
ZeroVis - 9/05/2008 6:28 PM
[Choose #3] spearfishing, can still hunt from suface in the shallows on an empty tank for "return to exit" swim.
#5919
SCUBASMITTY - 8/22/2008 11:53 AM
[Choose #1] BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THEN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT !!
#1065
VaDiver95 - 8/09/2008 1:17 PM
[Choose #4] it’s an entanglement issue in wrecks. Plus, the waves are too big in the open ocean.
#3091
divemaiden - 8/09/2008 8:24 AM
[Choose #4] take it on dive trips if I want to snorkel, never wear it diving anymore
#144
vyvial - 8/07/2008 4:57 PM
[Choose #2] I try to keep a small one in my BC, but I mostly lake dive in a dive park and I don’t need one there
#807
Jimbeau - 8/06/2008 11:28 AM
[Choose #3] local lake dives i usually dont
#3442
Dorkfish - 8/05/2008 8:50 PM
[Choose #3] You never know when you’ll need it...good habit to have one!
#185
CLINTatUNIQUESCUBA - 8/05/2008 6:42 PM
[Choose #1] I always have one with me. I don’t always wear it during dives though.
#361
LVDiver - 8/05/2008 11:44 AM
[Choose #4] After losing 3, I decided they weren’t necessary.
#385
two4diving - 8/05/2008 8:54 AM
[Choose #1] It is always in my gear bag, but I only wear it if the water is rough or if i am in a large group
#677
Oryon - 8/04/2008 11:29 PM
[Choose #1] It is in my dive bag but I generally don’t dive with it.
#111
davidhoy - 8/04/2008 7:51 PM
[Choose #3] Only when teaching.
#235
LiquidLogic - 8/04/2008 7:06 PM
[Choose #3] Only during required by S&P
#5436
flaski - 8/04/2008 5:06 PM
[Choose #3] Reef diving, current, poor vis, in case of loosing anchor line for ascent.
#1613
AirOn - 8/04/2008 12:13 PM
[Choose #1] I use it on the suface to survey whats below while waiting for dive buddies...
#1375
Damieon - 8/04/2008 9:48 AM
[Choose #3] I carry a snorkel with when I am teaching. I have found no use for one at 130 ft. down though.
#10
scubadad - 8/03/2008 8:01 PM
[Choose #1] It’s one of those habits that I hate, but haven’t been able to shake. Kinda like smoking
#5082
divershaun - 8/03/2008 2:28 PM
[Choose #1] only because it it connected to my mask, and i use the mask/snorkel for freediving too.
#67
Palm_Harbor_Rick - 8/03/2008 6:18 AM
[Choose #3] Only doing Ocean/Gulf/River/Lake diving. Not in sinks or caverns
#1552
DolphinLover - 8/02/2008 1:55 PM
[Choose #3] when required
#3477
ScouterJT - 8/02/2008 1:47 PM
[Choose #3] often, a collapsable snorkel in a pocket
#5341
jed130 - 8/01/2008 11:05 PM
[Choose #4] whats a snorkel ? lol
#8208
GypsyDiver - 8/01/2008 9:04 PM
[Choose #1] If it gets in your way, You are the problem not the snorkel!!!
#379
flyfish - 8/01/2008 8:02 PM
[Choose #3] if the surface is rough i will take my snorkel