done a reasonable amount of diving but only been with a hooker once !


Dives 5-15 metres across reef for crays and spearfishing etc. Guess with both you allways require someone on the boat . advantages disadvantages. Do you require a bcd dive compensator for that depth with a hooker? Its cheaper for multiple people to dive from a hooker rather than everyone individually get scuba gear. Do they have a fail safe accumulation tank? how do they work?

Probally the wrong but right forum to post as most of you all dive aswell as hit the wind in 25 knots.

i dive almost exclusively with hooka setups. I have 2 battery powered units a power snorkel that floats behind you in an inflatable enclosure and will get 2 divers down to 10 to 12 metres depending on breathing techniques and an extreme snorkel that will get 2 divers down to 20 metres that is fixed to either the larger boat or to the inflatable tender. I also use a portable honda powered floating generator that will get 2 divers down to 40 metres or 4 divers to 20 metres. All of these units gave a pressurised accumulation tank. However when diving below 20 metres its safer to take a pony tank just in case the machine splutters or stops. Nowdays i very rarely dive below 15 metres and find that the hooka allows for 2, 3 or 4 of us to dive all weekend for less than a jerry can of unleaded. I have moved away from fixed hookas because of the length of hose required to acheive any real distance away from the anchored vessel. I will post a few pics of the floating honda powered hooka i picked up from the states that allows almost unlimited diving freedom for 4 divers with 4 runs of 50 metre hose. We dont use bc's. The regulators are connected via a light webbing harness. For the kind of shallow recreational diving we do nowdays the hooka setup is much more practical than tanks. No need to drive to get tanks refilled. no cumbersome setups, much lighter weight belts. For under $2000 you can pick up a honda powered floating hooka from the states rigged for 4 divers. Thats around the price of a single decent scuba outfit. Horses for courses, if i was diving in deeper water i would prefer the safety of an air tank strapped to my back. Shallow water diving Hooka every day of the week.

Are you allowed to spearfish or collect crays on scuba/hookah? not allowed in NSW or QLD as far as I know, dunno about WA.

busterwa said...

done a reasonable amount of diving but only been with a hooker once !

Was that muff diving????
(the one with the hooker)
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