Spearfishing? Buy a dive watch, NOT a GoPro 10.
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- If you're new to spearfishing it may be very tempting to go out and buy the latest GoPro 10 but I think you're far better off purchasing a dive watch. Coming from someone who makes videos for a living that may seem bizarre, but hear me out...
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A dive watch is for safety, a go pro is for memories so I prefer to safely remember things :) Nice work Daniel!
Very true!
Perfect timing to keep my procastination going on
I just heard "buy more dive watches and gopros" ....I might have a problem.
Definitely didn’t say that in my video 🤣🤣🤣
My kids love your videos and having watched many, yes you may ;) that said who doesn't love toys!
Another great video Daniel Mann though, inspiring me to get back in the water and have another crack at spearfishing!
100% agree, my old dive watch died once before. It was totally impossible to relax. Safety should always be a priority. Great video Daniel!!!
100% agree. Used to do a bit of skydiving, people always found it surprising that you need 200 jumps minimum to start jumping with a camera. Until I tell them that most people when filming tend to focus more on their shot than about their own awareness and personal safety. Same will go for spearfishing..
Agree!
This is a exactly the type of content I need. Daniel, I have no idea what sort of living you can make on the videos. All I know is that it would take me years to acquire all the knowledge you share with us out here. I am amazed at the quantity and quality of info I’ve picked up from your videos. You set the bar high. Not only for other videographers, but all the students you teach. Thanks. This was an excellent vid.
I should have clarified, I work as a cinematographer. TH-cam isn’t my main job 🤣
Great video as always!
Totally agree with everything you say! I want to add that I dive with a dive watch/computer and a mechanical dive watch (Sinn U50 - yes, I’m a watch geek). That way I have a backup when the batteries fail - and don’t they just fail all too often
Safety first! Thanks to this guy I started to spearfishing better. From 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦
I'm newbies in this spearfishing sport and it really helps me to prepare important things to start my journey in the world of spearfishing. thank you daniel this information is really helpful. 🇮🇩
My Freediving Instructor said the same thing, congratulations!!
Great video Daniel! Just like to add one thing. Wear your dive watch when you dive, during pre & post dive and maybe through your diving trip. I don't wear my dive watch every day.... it's a tool, an instrument, and should be used for its intended purpose.
Wholeheartedly agree. When I got my first dive watch it made me a deeper, longer, and way safer diver, and I now feel completely naked diving without it and find it almost impossible to relax. Made some excellent points here mate!
Correct information!!💯 Sorry to hear your old dive watch has gone to rest. Keep it cause it a special one. I recently bought a new dive watch myself..the Cressi Nepto!
Excellent video and excellent information!
Yes i agree, the Dive Watch should be the first electronic for a new diver!
There's so many info you can gather using it and it greatly increases your dive safety!
It is sometimes hard to convince people when we make so many videos 😐
Spot on!
Awesome video Dan. Thank you for the tips
Any time!
You could title this video: Film your death or prevent it! 😄
I was fortunate enough to start diving when I was 12 and learned from two pros. I had the Padi book memorized by then but I still had a lot to learn. My dad and the Colonel never did any "Look diving" as they called it. Every dive was technical and higher up on the risk scale than an average open water dive. My first open water dive was on a bridge. Strong current and a foot of viz was their idea of an easy start. That first year they watched me like a hawk and if I did anything wrong I was topside on gear duty the rest of the day. I
I remember most the day my dad took me to get my first dive watch. Up until then, I had to stay glued to his hip. That watch meant that I was responsible for my own life. Even though they never let me get too far. My dad and everyone he dove with had a dive watch. None of them used it to set a record for depth. It was to track dive time, depth, and to know when to meet up either at the anchor or topside. Alone or in a group a dive watch is a must have. I video camera is something extra and can't save your life.
I totally agree, the dive watch has many benefits. Safety being the main one. But as you say getting stats on water temp etc combined with knowing tide state/ weather gives valuable info on when the fish are around.
Really liked the effect on the video with the dark background btw.
Cheers mate! Just a black colorama in the studio at work 👌
That’s really good advice! Good work Dan👍
Glad it was helpful!
Lovely advice. I remembered from your previous video that the time is most important. Since then I bought a cheap casio tide watch that’s WR200m and I am fine with it for now. I didn’t want to overspend on a dive watch as they are super expensive and I tend to lose things easily. Maybe one day.
If you get the GoPro Hero 8 and a Salvimar One plus you can get a GoPro and a dive watch for the price of only the Hero 10 or the Suunto watch> The battery of the Hero 8 seems to last longer than the Hero 10. Suunto would be a nice upgrade. Remember to rinse the watch and the dive housing of the GoPro with fresh water after each dive. let them sit at least 20 minutes. Always use a GoPro with a dive case in salt water, even if it is a cheap knockoff case.
valuble advice...Thanks
Totally agree! bought a dive watch to be back at the agreed time and monitor my recovery time. And I tried to keep it simple and bought the seac driver....no need for a smartwatch or so on with functions that distract me while fishing 😁
Lovely stuff Dan. As a beginner Spearo myself I can agree that getting a dive watch was definitely a worthwhile investment! It's always better to be safe then sorry 👍
Man this video absolutely helped. I will be diving for the first time in a few weeks on the far south coast of NSW. Can't afford a dive watch yet, but you have convinced me to take my fishing watch into the water to time my dives and surface time, as well as keeping an eye on the time so my wife doesn't freak 😂
You are TOTALLY RIGHT I highly agree with you
Thank you for the reminder 😁 I should get a dive watch, I know I should. Currently I rely on my trusty Casio DW-290 and a vintage water filling depth gauge which I take downwith me out of curiosity and rarely look at it tbh, I don't time my bottom time, but I look at the watch when I surface and make sure that I stay there at least 3 minutes while breathing up, but I really should get a dive watch.
Great advice with the watch and wife!
Old school for me, I always have a mechanical dive watch as well (omega planet ocean) it a a back up but nice to have. Love your content.
I couldn’t agree with everything you said more 👍🏻 I love my Suunto D4i novo too 💙
So for having things stright, you should check before purchase if the diving watch is showing your dive time with minutes and seconds format. I'm scuba diver and what surprise it was when I went spearfishin with my Suunto Vyper and it just shows diving time in minutes without seconds :) So i guess i need another diving/freediving watch. Have that in mind when buying gus :)
Gopro or watch - definitelly watch :)
all the best for all of you, stay safe.
Damn another 🔥 video thanks Mr.mann
As always great video, Daniel! I wouldn't call us millennials only because we feel safe with those watches :) i mean they've existed also long time ago, but they were very niche products and mostly seen on scuba divers or competing freedivers. Thanks to technology getting cheaper, now they are accessible to us.
I agree with all your mentioned points, may seem to be simple infos for some, but extremely helpful for many nevertheless. Big thanks!
One point you've mentioned, i agree on conditionally. Which is the "looking at your watch on the bottom". Assumed you have set depth alarms to peep at 10-15-20-25-30 meters and a dive time alarm at your appr. max time minus 30 or 40 secs (for calm ascension to the surface), you wont have to look at the watch when you are on the bottom, else i would advise to give the watch a look once in a while :). As you would also agree, Its crucial to keep track of dive time and depth in order to avoid getting too close to ones limits.
Looking forward to the next video! Dive safe!
Well said mate! Love the D4F too, running the same watch and can't fault it.
I got the D4i in case I ever have to do scuba for work filming. Same thing essentially though.
Great video as always !
I was considering getting one as an "occasional" spearo myself. I grew up in Tunisia and used to spearfish whenever I could. But since I moved to the U.K (Birmingham) I found myself quite far from the sea, but since I started watching your videos I realised that there's nothing holding me back from doing it over here too, other than the distance and very cold waters. So I was wondering, are there Rules to be able to spearfish in the U.K ? A minimum age required ? Certain qualifications ? Protected Fish Species ? Forbidden places ?
I would be very grateful if maybe you could cover this topic in one of your videos.
Keep up the awesome work and Dive safe ✌
Had my descent for 12 months now lost without it ! I agree totally with the breathing up time that’s the most Important part for me
Thanks for another great insight. I got a watch and a new GoPro. I got the watch first though.
How can someone dislike this when this vid talk and care about your safety
Great vid was thinking of getting a watch, probably will now
Pro tip: Don't wave and shake things we are trying to look at. If I was sitting right there and you wanted me to see that watch, would you wave and flail is about? Consider what you would do. Because YT is a one-to-one experience. There is not room full of people or an audience. We all have the video in our hands or right in front of us on a display, etc. You are basically waving that thing right in my face. If I was there I would back away or duck or block.
Awesome vid!
I totes agree but I've never had much of a budget for my spearfishing😔
I bought a "Pyle" "snorkel master" watch once, it was okay, no surface time🤷 and it only lasted a year at most. Just relied on normal Casio watches ever since🤷🏼
Love my Suunto. Bought the cheapest Suunto zoop in Thailand when I got my scuba license. Put a couple hundred dives on it, hardly ever washed it out and it spent many months in the back of a cupboard. After a few years the transducer started playing up so sent it back to Sunnto for a repair and they straight up sent me a brand new one, no questions asked 🤙
I’ve heard they have fantastic warranty. One of the main reasons I got mine.
Wise words!
I don't have a dive watch yet but I do use a 200m water resistant watch and the points you mention about tides and letting loved ones know is the most important reasons on why I use a watch
If that works for you, that is perfect 👍
Couldn't agree more how important the dive watch is, forgot mine on the weekend and really struggled mentally not seeing that surface time between dives
I know the feeling all too well.
What about buying them both?
True bro Good advice Dman
I appreciate it!
awesome talk man
bravo, mr. Mann
I would be super interested to see ur opinions on different speargun types as u have done both competitive spearfishing and my understanding is that u were a gun builder for a while. E.g. ur opinions on invert rollers/cable rollers, traditional rollers, fusion systems and why currently all the guns u use on a regular bases are of the classic type.
I haven’t used too many of the pulley system rollers or rollers too often. I prefer the simplicity of the traditional gun.
@@DanielMann right, thanks for reply.
Well said!!!!!!!!!
This video NOT sponsored by GoPro. 😂 Great stuff. Again. Thank you. 👍
Just started spearfishing (last Saturday I just caught my first fish:) and your videos help me a lot as well as this one! I live in Israel and spearfishing is almost unheard of here so I would like if you could explain something. Does the dive watch needs to be geared towards spearfishing/freediving or any dive watch would work with a different mode or something? I also scuba dive so if I could have one watch for both it would be amazing! Also if you could recommend or even do a compression between a few models(especially budget ones) that would be awesome!
Thanx!
In this video he is showing Suunto D4 i which is dive computer that has Air,Nitrox and Freedive mode,easy to use and really reliable.I have it for years only bad side is strap which can be ordered online.
i suggested daniel the garmin mk2. the best watch for the ocean. with gps for make your waypoints, all.in one. i have the mk1 and is the best that i ever tryed.. the others are ok but they dont have gps for waypoints wich is a really really helpfull
I dived with a Casio stopwatch for first two years ... If the cheap ones had a bigger strap I would have continued... Did the job
im still rocking an Aeris f10
Ive worn out 3 Seiko dive watches in 40 years. Tough, durable, but have a nasty habit of losing their luminosity. Have also had the second hand fall off of one. For an every day wear- Ive had a Luminox carbon fiber case watch on my arm for abt 4 years I think. It has never failed and still is very readable in the darkest of conditions. The dive computer that I rely on without question has been my Suunto. But I dont wear that every day. It hides in my regulator bag. Enjoy your reports!!
Hey man, Dan, Daniel or whatever they call you, just wanna say love your vids 👍
Anything but Danny! Thanks John!
Great vid, as always! Thanks Daniel. I've been fishing a couple years now, and I try to control my diving and surface time with a normal clock... not the best way. Dive watches are expensive and I live in Madrid so I can only fish when I travel to the coast, so I was thinking that maybe an Apple Watch could be a nice option for me. I could use it on a daily basis and also everytime I go surfing (it's a great surf watch) and hopefully spearfishing too. It's supposed to resist 50 meters depth... I only go around 10-15 meters... has anyone tried? Is there a diving app that could be useful for spearfishing?
Don’t use an Apple Watch for this-water resistant is different from waterproof and, generally speaking, watches labeled “water resistant to 50m” are not meant for diving. From Apple’s own website: “Apple Watch Series 2 and newer can be used for shallow water activities like swimming in a pool or ocean. However, Apple Watch Series 2 and newer shouldn't be used for scuba diving, water skiing, or other activities involving high-velocity water or submersion below shallow depth.”
great advice mate! but do u have any advice for breathing techinque cz i struggle alot with my time when i dive. on dry best i can hold my breath is 2 to 3 mins but when i dive its like 30 to 40sec at my best!
I have a video called ‘Why you can’t hold your breath longer when spearfishing’ that will help you out.
man your explanations are really good
Thanks Maaish!
@@DanielMann hey how many mm rubbers do you use??
Depends on the gun and setup?
@@DanielMann ok
Just bought the new gopro yew
Salvimar one plus 🤔
Hi Daniel, can you give me a piece of advice on diving watch. I connot decide... I have 2 options 1. to buych smartwatch with diving functionality like Garmin D1 or to buy a regular, simple dive watch like Salvimar Deeper Kryptonite. Any tips ? Thanks.
I guess it depends on your budget and how much you will use the other functions of the smart watch. If you go running or cycling etc, the smart watch might be better value to do everything.
Hard question.
I search a smartwatch with the free diving and related functionalities.
Which one is for me?
Garmin descent is the only product on the market. If you’re focused on free diving only, don’t buy MK2 series with air integration, just buy MK1 instead (maybe event used one if budget is tight). I’ve been rocking with my mk1 for the last 2 years and still love it as at the first day. Wearing it 24/7 for all the sports I’m doing and work. It is tough as nails and reliable as hell!
Always excellent advice Daniel. Will now be buying a digital dive watch and stop considering Rolex to be the be all and end all of diving.
Maybe in the 60’s and 70’s the submariner was a practical dive watch but certainly not economical these days.
For get the dive watch and the go pro, where’d you get that jumper from winter is coming? 😂
Napapijri 👌
Do any of these have GPS positioning like running or cycling watches? Being able to track your swim and then mark spots using your watch would be pretty awesome. I found a good spot the other month and do you think I could find it again later? Nope!
The Garmin descent does gps but they are £1200.
@@DanielMann wow, freaked out on that price…maybe no
That’s a dive computer, dive watches are just very strong watches that you can use to time things
Maybe I missed it but what watch do you use Daniel???? I saw it was a Suunto but which one??? Thx Grant
D4i Novo :)
Any recommendations on entry/mid level dive watches/computers?
This Suunto D4i novo is fantstic. Quite well priced. I’ve not used any others though but it’s not something I think needs upgrading once you get one really.
👍👍
Are all dive watches the same? My budget would be small, is the cheapest just as useful as you Daniel uses? Cheers.
Mine is midrange. Freedive only ones are cheaper than mine as it does scuba functions as well. You can get dive watches starting from £100.
people demands the video of your trip to Rhodes!
ooo ive been looking to get one
You don't need a crazy expensive one. Just one that gives you depth, surface interval and dive time will do.
I would prefer the camera.
As a suba diver we dive with 2 computers. Most the time dirty water lakes etc. Could lose time very quickly and not be safe. Lol got a go pro after, facts of diving do care about videos. Computers do
I feel naked without my divewatch too. Thanks Dan
hi
What’s the float you use to swim out with?
Sevylor dive hunter. Unfortunately discontinued now. I searched high and low for one second hand.
Would you recommend any other alternatives? Looking to make my shore dives easier, as I’m sure you would agree
Lots of companies make boat floats. I’ve not tried too many but the epsealon patrol is quite popular.
FIRST... "Let's go Brandon"......Second..... These video's are great, having 36 years of diving behind me and being high and dry now I love the waters you dive and the fish you bring up..... I focused on Sheepshead of California's Channel Islands,... meat was like Lobster....
LOVE any dive video you post and Thank You !
Too many people simply have lost the ability to listen to their own bodies... (and that applies to all pursuits, not merely diving). I prefer to only wear a reliable non-electronic divers watch.
Millennial 😁😉
Go pro footage is also useful when you review your missed shot. Hehe
If you like to torment yourself 🤣
@@DanielMann 😂😂😂
Bends doesnt exist when you freedive so i wouldn't mind it at all. When you get up you take a few breath until u feel relaxed then you dive again.
(bends are bubbles generated by pressure they will disappear once you go up and to generate enough to be a problem you actually need to breath while being under pressure which you dont)
Good to check time and depth yes.
Even as a diver if you stay around the 10m mark you can stay for hours without worry about bends (even if the chart states otherwize and fun enough below 10 noone recommends decompression stops).
Where we live people freedive and compressor dive daily to collect sand (by hand) into bags from the ocean floor which they later pull up to boats which they bring to shore which is used to build concrete houses. It is not out of the ordinary people have 5-6 hours of dive time a day
Bends absolutely exists when you freedive, but you're unlikely to have any if you aren't diving ~100ft (30m) repeatedly. But if you do make several very deep dives in a day, you probably will have mild DCS symptoms and can get full-blown bent.
@@user-ln1up9xi4k No the amount of time you can stay down without going back up is not enough and you are missing a key factor.
you never take a breath therefore no new air is implemented and the small amount of air you were able to collect at the surface is nothing compared to what scuba divers generate with each breath. which means the little buildup that may happen is never gonna harm you.
Theoretically possible but will never happen therefore no it is not relevant to freedivers.
@@Nickerian91 Bends may not be the problem here. If you do several 30+ dives for 2minutes+ and don't take enough surface time, then dissolved nitrogen in the blood increases and due to your short surface time it cannot escape tissues completely. Bends may not be built, but you may get a nice feeling similar to "high", which eventually leads to blackout. I personally experienced the feeling and afterwards as i recognized what that was, it scared the shit out of me and made me close the diving day early.
After i blabbered about it for 3 rows, i've found a precise explanation :) see below:
blue-addiction.com/en/dcs-in-free-diving/
How freedivers can develop DCS?
Changes in pressure affect compressible substances in the body among which lungs of the freediver, filled with air from his last breath.
Even if applied to a smaller amount of air, Dalton and Henry’s law still apply as depth and pressure increase during the dive. Partial pressure of nitrogen increases, gets higher than its natural saturation level in tissues when at the surface, and thus equilibrates through the alveoli into the blood. As the freediver ascends, nitrogen saturation will tend to equilibrate back to surface level but as gradually as it built-up.
The amount of nitrogen thus dissolved in one single dive is small, and will be completely released after some time spent breathing at the surface. But with repetitive dives, small surface interval and fast ascent speed, increasing amounts of nitrogen will gradually dissolve and accumulate in the tissues. When significant level of nitrogen is dissolved, it can return during ascent to its gas form while still in the blood or tissues. The bubbles formed will cause various decompression sickness symptoms depending on their size and location.
ABC - I’ve seen it happen to many Freedivers at the world spearfishing championships in Greece. You can get it freediving.
@@tunculuc blackout and bends is not the same thing.
bends is basically a "stroke".
blackout is due to lack of oxygen which can easily happen when u hold your breath for to long and not ventilate enought to buildup oxygen in your bloodstream which is why "daniels" surface rule is great to prevent blackouts.
never seen or heard anyone gotten bends from freediving and where i live that is how people make a living.
spearfishing, fish farms (bambosticks in the ocean with nets) and sand collecting noone can afford scuba so its compressor or freediving.
as mentioned freedivers dont breath underwater the only small amount of air collected is at the surface. its nothing compared to taking deep breaths continuosly while being under pressure.
im going to stick to that bends is not an issue for freedivers but you do need to breath propperly at the surface yoi cant stress it
i have a crappy speargun, but have a garmin dive computer
But in the same sense my breath hold is no where near as good as yours, the main thing that would be helpful would be the time. Personally its tempting not to buy a gopro 10
Good grief Dan we agree 100% I love having my dive watch and feel naked without it. Beginners should concentrate on hunting and shot selection before they start filming countless gut shots Lol
Are you feeling okay today Wade 🤪
@@DanielMann I may be entering my midlife crisis who knows. I have been looking at the Indian Motorcycle brochure
if u want to improve and also be safer. get a dive computer. trust me.
Is Daniel a Brit or an Aussie ?
50:50
@@DanielMann lol. Just found your show. I am a Brit on Vancouver Island. Just getting into spearfishing! Took a free diving course a few years ago. Wasnt great at it. Hoping to learn from your site and start with shallow shore dives, and yes I just got a really nice dive watch that i wont look at under the water, just on the surface. Which was a really great thing to learn before going out for the first time. Thank you
Did you just say you swim 2 kilometers offshore?!?
2km out, dive around, 2km back.
@@DanielMann that is pretty crazy for me to think about. If I did that with a stringer of fish in Florida id have sharks on me like no tomorrow
Man can pronounce a T better than anyone.
Hot on the T’s!
or get a cheap FauxPro for $50
Image quality isn’t there unfortunately. Perhaps I am a bit too critical as a cinematographer 🤷♂️
@@DanielMann Mostly just commenting for the algorithm and I say whatever pops into my head first but I used an Eken H9R to document my sail from Houston to Guatemala and was more than happy with the image quality. My audience is also just myself and a few friends and family though. Thanks for putting out such awesome content, def one of my favorite channels!
but but.. it didnt happen if we cant get likes in 2022
Why would i ever get a go pro? It's not like it attracts fish. And i'm not spearfishing to up my e-penis on social media. I do it to enjoy diving and eat delicious fish. A go pro has as much use in spearfishing as a makeup bag. No idea why anyone would bring one..
WTF are you wearing ?😁
Warmth!