Freediving & Spearfishing
A Bench Reference for Breath-Hold Safety and Hunting Technique in Ocean Depths to 40 Meters
★★★★★3.3 · 3 reviewsby Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
Master breath-hold safety and hunting technique with exact tables, step-by-step procedures, and quick-reference guides for the serious spearfisher.
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About this book
Are you tired of relying on gut feel and hearsay? This book turns your spearfishing from a guess into a skill. Built for the wet boat deck, it's packed with tables, checklists, and procedures you can glance at between dives. You'll get a complete breath-hold safety system—from static and dynamic apnea tables to a surface interval recovery chart—so you can push your limits without pushing your luck.
Hunting technique is broken down by species and environment, with exact approach angles, shooting distances, and stone-shot placement for the most common game fish. You'll learn to read water conditions, plan your dive from surface to bottom, and execute with precision. Every procedure includes numbers you can trust: times, depths, and distances that have been field-tested.
This isn't a coffee-table book. It's a reference you'll use every time you rig your gear, plan your day, or review a dive. With quick-lookup troubleshooting tables for gear and body, plus a dedicated FAQ, you'll have answers at your fingertips. Stop fumbling and start diving with confidence.
Reader Reviews
Betty Green
★★★★★This book is a game-changer. I've been spearfishing for two years and always relied on gut instinct. The dive planning tables are exactly what I needed—now I know my limits before I hit the water. The shot placement guide for grouper is spot on; I've gone from missing to landing fish consistently. Only reason it's not 5 stars is I wish there were more species covered, but for the common ones it's perfect.
Daniel Lee
★★★★★It's a solid reference, but I was hoping for more advanced techniques for deep diving. The tables are useful, but I found the breath-hold training section a bit basic for someone who's already doing 3-minute statics. The troubleshooting chapter saved me on a recent trip though—fixed a persistent mask leak with the exact o-ring size. Decent book, but not the final word.
Emily Jones
★★★★★I bought this because I'm new to spearfishing from a freediving background. The safety framework is excellent—I appreciate the exact values for surface intervals and the 'red light' symptoms. The hunting technique chapters are good, but I wish they had more on reef fish in the Pacific. The book is definitely built for the boat deck; pages are durable and it's easy to wipe off. A good investment if you want to be more methodical.