One of the most magical experiences you can have here while freediving in Melbourne is swimming with wild apex predators. Southern Bluefin Tuna are built for speed and swim effortlessly through the water with barely a tail flick. They are a pelagic fish which means they are not held to a specific reef or area but instead cover great distances as they swim and look for food. They school together and can be found in incredibly large schools although when they get larger (70kg or more) they tend to swim in smaller schools. In our summer months here in Melbourne...
What equipment will you need to freedive Melbourne? The first thing to understand is that the water temperature in Port Phillip Bay varies drastically during the seasons. In the summer months the temperatures can reach a balmy 22 degrees in the northern parts of the bay with the southern parts of the bay being marginally cooler reaching around 19 degrees as it has more of an inflow from the ocean. During the winter months the northern parts of the bay can reach a frigid 9 degrees while the southern parts of the bay (from Frankston south) can be around 13...
We at Salt Sessions Freediving are passionate about freediving here in Melbourne and up skilling students to enjoy this amazing part of the Australian coastline. We are the largest freedive school in Victoria and run freedive courses here in Melbourne once a month throughout the year. We also host numerous freedive and spearfishing retreats. We have top of the range hire equipment available on our courses to keep you toasty and warm while completing your skills and requirements on the freedive course. We have some of the best carbon fibre and fibreglass fins available from DiveR and Penetrator fins so...
Melbourne offer's some of the best locations to get into freediving in Australia. Port Philip Bay has so much to offer us. Some of the highlights about freediving in Melbourne: Year round diving Weedy seadragons Spidercrab migration amazing sandstone structures along our back beaches Calamari breeding season Southern Bluefin Tuna aggregations (outside the Port Philip Bay heads) Scallop freediving Once you get to know Melbourne and the weather cycles you will almost always find a spot that you can freedive in Port Philip Bay. Generally the northern part of the bay will be more impacted by rain run off if...
Spears and shafts have a few varying factors: tips, barbs, thickness, length, tabs/notches, holes and the rear end of the shaft. In general most people prefer to have a 40cm overhang on their spearguns, so if you have a 90cm speargun you will be using a 130cm spear. You can also use a slightly shorter spear (30cm longer than the barrel) depending on your muzzle. Most people using roller spearguns prefer a shorter spear but generally a slightly thicker diameter. If you start using a thicker spear be aware that you might need to redo your rubbers to take into...
This is just a brief overview on speargun rubber as it can be very detailed. Everyone will have their own preference on how they like their speargun setup and you too will also develop your own preferences. Speargun rubber is available in: Different thickness - speargun rubber can vary from 10mm all the way to 20mm. Generally the thicker the speargun rubber, the more power it can produce.The drawback is the increased recoil making thicker rubber quite inaccurate. Personally I prefer 14mm microbore rubber, with twin 14mm rubbers on my larger spearguns. Varying internal diameter- The internal diameter can vary...
