re: Anyone into snorkeling or diving?

I use to make a living Mussel diving on the Tennessee River, and occasionally some other rivers in special situations.

If you think you want to dive a lot, for a long time in area lakes, get a Thomas Oilless compressor head, honda 5 hp motor to run it. Filter the air, pump it into a beer keg ( put 1 way check valves on everything) to store volume.

Get 75 feet of good breathing airline and put a good mouthpiece on the end of it. Southeastern Divers use to have some pretty good stuff, but I don't know if they are still in business.


Get a good Flatbottom boat and motor, and drag the boat behind you when you dive. It's a little hard at first, but it will muscle you up pretty quick and soon, you won't even know that boat is back there. Plus whenever you want to surface fast, your boat is right there. Also your boat will stay downstream of you, and help you to know direction. Always go upstream so your water is more clear, the mud that you stir up will stay behind you.


Make sure your intake for your Compressor head, is at a good distance from your Honda motor exhaust. You can use rubber tubing to relocate it. Also filter the air intake well, any kind of dirt and dust will ruin that compressor head fast.


This set-up will probably cost a couple of grand to build these days ( boat not included),but once you own it all, you can dive for a few bucks each day.