Level 2: Spearfishing Advanced
For active spearfishers ready to safely extend depth, efficiency and technique. Refine hunting strategy, physiology and adaptation in open water.
Experienced Spearos
Equipment Provided/Own Welcome
Duration: 2 Days
Shore & Boat Options
Performance & Safety
Data‑driven breath‑up, recovery and progressive depth planning.
Local Strategy
Ground reading, tides, vis windows and species patterns for Plymouth.
Ethical Focus
Selective targets, dispatch, zero‑waste handling & seasonality.
Kit & Tuning
Gun setup, rubbers/shafts, reels, lines, weighting and streamlining.
What You’ll Cover
- Advanced breath‑up, CO₂/O₂ tables & recovery breathing
- Streamlined duck dives, free‑fall & efficient finning
- Neutral buoyancy tuning & advanced weighting
- Buddy systems, deep‑assist & rescue scenarios
- Shot placement, dispatch & fish handling under pressure
- Hunting strategies: aspetto, agachon, hole‑hunting & drift
- Reading ground, current, thermoclines & vis layers
- Gun setup: bands, shafts, line routing, reels & safety
- Species ID, sizes, seasons & legal frameworks
- Catch care, bleeding, icing and food safety
Training Format
- Day 1: theory & shallow‑water drills, shore hunting session
- Day 2: open‑water progression & coached hunting session
- Video feedback & performance debriefs
- Option to use personal kit (checked & tuned) or our kit
- Small ratios for safety and quality coaching
Prerequisites
- Spearfishing Basics (Level 1) or equivalent proven experience
- Comfortable snorkeller/freediver; medical history form
- Commitment to UK byelaws, sizes & seasonal protections
FAQ
Depth/time goals are personalised and conditions‑dependent. We progress conservatively within safe freediving practices.
Yes—we’ll check and tune your gun, rubbers, line routing, reels and weighting. Course kit is available if needed.
We select the best local options; if the sea says “not today,” we reschedule relevant parts—safety first.
The course improves efficiency and strategy; results depend on conditions, effort and selective ethics.