Spearfishing Blog

How Do I Overcome My Fear of Sharks?
The elevated heart rate that just won't ease. The faster breathing. The sense that somethings not right and the constant distraction like a buzzing bee hovering around your head. Yep, you've just seen a shark OR your imagination (or 6th sense) has...
5 Ways to NOT Spearfish Successfully: Common Beginner Mistakes
There are plenty of ways to improve your spearfishing. Here are five spearfishing mistakes to avoid next time you go diving. This list was sent to us by Eckart Benkenstein, spearo and freediving instructor Midwater warrior This is a classic mistake...
99 Spearo Recipes | Actionable Meals for the Everyday Diver
Crowdsourced recipes from the spearfishing community Spearfishing, Foraging and Underwater Harvesters Go-To Recipe Book for simple seafood meals Less ingredients is more. Every Recipe that makes it into the book earns the submitter a free...
South Africa Club Connections
Capetown Name of club: Blue Spearos Location: Capetown, Western Cape Contact details: Facebook Size: (how many active members?) Summary of club activity: Blue Spearos is a spearfishing club that has been formed in the Cape by spearo diver Faiz...
2021 US Freshwater National Spearfishing
2021 US Freshwater National Spearfishing USA hosts its Biggest Freshwater Nationals in many years. Despite COVID and an Easter weekend, the Copper State Freedivers of Arizona, hosted their first Freshwater National event in the Lake...
101 – How to Aim a Speargun
There are basically two methods for how to aim a speargun, the point and tilt method and the instinctive method. In this article we will take a look at both styles and provide some tips to improve your accuracy. The point and tilt method - Turbo's...
Spearfishing Beginner Setup
The spearfishing float line setup, it's safe, simple and effective. Float and flag, float line, speed spike and speargun. Spearfishing Beginner Set Up The spearfishing rig line setup has been around for a long time and has always been most spearo's...
The Spearfishing Mindset of Tim McDonald
Recently on the Noob Spearo podcast we were lucky enough to chat with SE QLD legend Tim McDonald. There wouldn’t be an Australian Spearo that doesn’t know of Tim’s exploits in the South East. It seems that if it’s edible and swims in the ocean Tim...
Garmin Descent Mk2, Sealife and Old Mates
New toys (new to me), sea life and old mates Toys | Garmin Descent MKII On Christmas Eve I bought myself a Garmin Descent Mk2 and have been playing with it a little. The various apps you can load and the information it collects are impressive. GPS...