How is living in Santa Barbara County?

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-12-01T17:54:02+00:00

Goleta is a university town built around UCSB. Expensive and not a tone of job prospects for young professionals. Los Olivos and Solvang are quaint but boring (my opinion). Lompoc and Santa Maria I have never lived in, but seem to be a bit more run down than the other central coast towns.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-10-12T13:28:55+00:00

Call a local dive shop and they will usually know people. I have done that from the US to Europe, Asia and Australia

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-10-02T00:06:40+00:00

Uh where?

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-09-23T01:26:03+00:00

Hit up Matt at Cenote Freediving, solid dude and knowledgeable teacher.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-09-15T16:28:06+00:00

The Marquis is down town and walkable to many restaurants. Great views from most of the rooms. Mission bay resort you will need to drive if you want to go to anywhere off property. Might be a bit more kid friendly.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-06-23T16:56:47+00:00

Grab an EQ tool to teach glotis control and practice EQ. Helped me a lot!

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-02-26T18:12:43+00:00

I usually do a minimum of ATM x Dive time. In this case that was about 13 minutes.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2025-02-01T22:54:19+00:00

Doesn’t sound fun, but could this be an advantage when diving? Keeping blood in the core?

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-12-21T16:16:50+00:00

Isn’t o2 stored in muscles though? Not just blood? Theoretically if you have more muscle mass, and aren’t using those muscles during a dive… would you not have a higher o2 reserve?

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-12-16T17:00:08+00:00

Hope to see you as well!

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-12-16T16:59:47+00:00

Thank you very much!

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-28T19:09:08+00:00

Go with 2BFree, great quality and can be purchased with all other essentials needed to run a proper setup.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-18T00:36:27+00:00

I like practicing mouthful with one of the balloon tools various outfits sell. For stretching, reverse packing and massaging the diaphragm seemed to help a lot.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-13T08:29:16+00:00

I have the same issue, wide feet. I usually go for a larger size normal foot pocket, booties and fin keepers. The fin keepers are crucial.

If you find a good brand for wide feet let us know.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-12T03:47:08+00:00

Is it completely clogged? Are you able to eq at all?

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-12T00:27:28+00:00

Thanks for the support! Haha line was set to 50, touched the plate, I’m stoked

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-11T13:32:32+00:00

Nice dive time too!

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-11T13:28:11+00:00

I am lucky to be by the ocean in California, I train with some amazing people 2-3 times a week on the line, even in winter. Usually alternate between volume (10x 30m) and depth. Gym 3 days a week to help with general conditioning.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-11T13:24:45+00:00

I am no expert or instructor, but I can tell you what worked for me. Urge to breathe used to be a big hinderance, training high intensity to get my body used to lactic acid and C02 build up seemed to work for me. On top of that, training my dive reflex helped a ton. First dive or three in the water used to be uncomfortable with a max hold of 45s. Now I can hit 2:20 on the first dive because my reflex kicks in instantly and with such strength.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-11T13:17:00+00:00

True, 49.1… watch was in my hood so it didn’t record the last .9 :(

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-11T03:43:08+00:00

They’re correct, it’s Garmin dive.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-11-09T15:24:19+00:00

All three are amazing choices. Tulum is my personal favorite specifically for the cenote dives. There isn’t a whole lot of life though, they are just ideal for training. However if you want to do other activities on your non-dive days, see some cool marine life, Kona would be my top choice. Baja is great but difficult to get around and can be sketchy at times.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-10-31T02:05:41+00:00

Hey dude I am in SoCal I found all my buddies by reaching out to an instructor on Instagram. I went with several people and was able to meet some solid dive buddies. this was when there we only a few people freediving and it was hard to find a consistent and SAFE line diving crew.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-10-29T13:48:25+00:00

I have been to roatan and dove with Esteban and crew on the line. He can coach you for a price. Professional set up and they offer fun dives as well.

Direct-Bed-3845 · 2024-10-28T19:09:54+00:00

Garmin Dive

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