Thread: Intro to spearfishing

SWB is often an issue for beginners and the very experienced for different reasons.

New divers tend to hyperventilate not knowing the danger it causes, I was guilty of this. Hyperventilating delays the body's urge to breathe. To avoid this just try not to think about your breathing before a dive and just breathe as you are now.

Experienced divers just tend to push the limits too much at times ie. waiting for that big kingi that has been hanging out the back then shooting it at the end of your breath-hold then keeping pressure on it as you attempt to swim up.

As Quentin said learn how to recover a diver who has had a SWB, also practice it. If you are buddy diving it is surprisingly easy to recover a blacked out diver once you drop their weight belt.