Spearfishing Academy
Learn tips, tricks, techniques and training tools to make you a better underwater hunter.
Shore Diving Basics
Choosing Spots, Identifying Dangers, Reading Conditions, Making Plans and Hunting Successfully - a comprehensive guide to freedive spearfishing from shore.
Spearfishing and Blackouts
A diver trained by a professional agency will be more capable of assessing a hypoxic event and responding accordingly. We believe all divers should enroll in a freediving course to better understand the information discussed in this article in more detail with the opportunity to practice them under the watchful eye of a trained instructor.
The Importance of Head Position While Freediving
Properly positioning yourself during dives will not only allow you to maintain a streamlined position and eliminate drag, but it will also help prevent pressure related injuries.
Spearfishing + Sharks
How to practice safety while spearing in sharky waters: a discussion on shark behavior with shark safety diver, Andriana Fragola.
Interacting with Fish
The ability to read fish behavior and interact with fish in an unthreatening manner is the hallmark of a great underwater hunter and a skill that will put many more fish on your stringer.
Blue Water vs. Reef Spearfishing
Each type of spearfishing has its own nuances, and requires a special set of skills, techniques and equipment to be successful. In this article we will give you a basic rundown of both disciplines so that you can be prepared to hunt in any environment.
Freediving Tools and Resources
After you delve into the world of apnea (breath hold) diving, learn about various diving styles, and adapt certain techniques, there will come a point where your progress in freediving will plateau if you don’t continue to tune into your apneic diving skills.
Below the Surface: Important Considerations while Diving
What causes good or bad visibility? Can I predict it? How do I go about finding fish? Inquire within.
Hole Hunting 101
Hole hunting is the process of diving to the bottom and methodically investigating these cracks, crevices and caves looking for fish. It requires patience, endurance, and some specialized gear, but the payoffs can be incredible.
Hunting Technique: Agguato
Practice this method in your home waters and pay attention to how different species of fish behave as you approach. Take care to move slowly and always be looking for objects that will conceal your movements from the fish.
How to Get Into Freediving
Written by a PFI instructor who can dive over 160 feet who is constantly in the ocean. He knows what he’s talking about and what he’s talking about is why you should get certified.
Taking Care of Your Fish Out of Water
This is a guide for learning how to make sure your fish stays in top quality post dive and pre-meal.
Hunting Technique: Aspetto
Aspetto can be practiced in any spearfishing location with almost any species of gamefish. It is a fun game to see how different fish respond to your presence, and trying to draw them in closer with different sounds or behaviors.
Dispatching Fish and Transporting It During the Dive
Want your fish to stay fresh way longer? Here is how you ensure top quality fish meat when the time comes to make your meal!
Factors that Affect Diving
Extremely useful guide to making sure you’re prepared for your dive based on the factors of Wind, Swell, Vis., location.
