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Managing All the Snorkeling Equipment

Hi Guys..... Need some advice on how to handle all my stuff upon entering the water. I put my mask and snorkel on, go about waist-deep, invariably lose one fin while I'm trying to get the other on, and will be trying to hold on to the Canon S95 without having it bashed. How do you handle and hang on to all the stuff? Same question goes for exiting the water....
Thanks..... Carol

PS....LOVE the Maui guide!!

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Jan 30, 2011
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Putting On Gear
by: Galen & Nicole

Carol, I am glad you are enjoying the Maui eBook snorkel guide.

Here is what we do entering the water. Both Nicole and I now put our masks on before entering. We have wrist straps for the cameras. I tend to hold the camera with one hand and my fins with the other. I walk forward until there is enough depth, and then I drop into the water with my back to the waves and float. I then let go of my camera and use both hands to put my fins on. One of the reasons why I use a camera with a seperate housing instead of one of the cameras that has a built in housing is because it is so much more robust. I just let it bang around, since there is really no way not to. I have banged it plenty getting on and off boats, and getting in and out of the water. Both our Canon and Fuji housing have proven to be robust.

Nicole pretty much enters the water the same way, but will sometimes stay standing, keep one fin under an arm, and puts the other fin on using both hands. She also just let's go of her camera and it dangles by it's strap.

Exiting is reverse. I like to keep my back to the waves when putting on and removing my fins, while staying afloat.

It is never all that elegant.

Have fun.

Jan 31, 2011
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Weight Belt
by: Gord

Hi Carol,

One thing I find helpful is that I wear a belt when I go snorkeling. I have a couple of brass clips that hang from the belt. I attach a long lanyard to one of the brass clips and the camera to the lanyard. When putting my gear on, I just tuck the camera into the belt. It stops the camera from moving around, and when I'm snorkeling, I can let the camera dangle and can have my hands free if I want. When the opportunity for a picture happens, it takes just a second to grab the camera. You can buy the belts, brass clips and lanyards at most dive shops. I find it really helpful, and while I'm not sure if this would appeal to you, if I'm wearing a wet suit, which I sometimes do, I can attach weights to the belt which allow me to dive.

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