After a nippy start to 2024, we can feel the pulse of summer on the horizon – it’s time to gear up for those adrenaline-filled hunting days out on the ocean!
In this issue, we’re stoked to bring you:
- 🦀Win £100 of gear in our annual Cornish King Crab competition!!! Get ready for another year of high octane, claw-crunching action with a chance to become the king or queen of the catch. Dive in, the ocean’s waiting and the heaviest crab wins!
- 🔱MEET YOUR NEMESIS: Seriously up your game just in time for summer with the Salvimar Ares Nightmare – think of it as the Ares’s bigger, badder sibling, now packing a serious power punch for a steal of a price.
- 📏Score one of our exclusive lobster gauges, your essential tool for making sure your catches are up to Cornwall IFCA standards.
- 🌀From the renowned Italian maestro Sigalsub, check out the Nemesis HT and Nemesis RG Roller Speargun, 2024’s hot new rollers. The Nemesis HT has been crowned the top pick in the Roller-Inverter-Vela category by Apnea Passion Mag!
- Plus, discover the new cooler bag from Mares, designed to keep everything chilled even under the sizzling summer sun.
Happy hunting and don’t forget we have Klarna pay later/pay in 3 and Paypal Pay in 3* to help you fund your purchase!*
* Subject to availability/each provider’s acceptance criteria
SFUK Cornish Crab Competition 2024
The coveted Annual Spider Crab comp is back for another year of high octane, claw crunching action!
Spider crabs: the critters described as the gateway drug into spearfishing.This is where most new spearos get their first does of aquatic hunting, leading to that never attainable ‘last fix’ of spearfishing.
This comp is aimed at the new hunters on the UK Spearfishing Buddles page – it’s the perfect introduction species that everyone has an equal shot at! Invest your time in the ocean and the winner could easily be you 🙂
The challenge is simple: the heaviest crab wins!
Make sure you’re a member of UK Spearfishing Buddies then just upload a pic of you and your crab to the group with something proving the date and weight. Tag it with #Cornishkingcrab
The competition is open to non-sponsored atheletes or semi-pro divers – these comps are for the die hards and weekend-warriors!
Good hunting everyone. ~ Tony
Spider Crab Images credit: Many thanks to Richard Bond, member of UK Spearfishing Buddies, for letting us use his pics!
Salvimar NIGHTMARE Ares – A POWER UPGRADE
Starting at less than £200 with most lengths in stock and ready to ship.
Last year we hailed the Ares as the most impressive product of the year and Apnea Passion magazine called it a “Masterpiece”.
The latest Nightmare version features twin 14mm Primeline rubber and a 7mm shaft for extra power and longevity over the standard ARES model.
The Ares line replaces the Salvimar metal and it’s cheaper and a vastly improved design. The main thing that makes it so good is that it has excellent bouyancy in the water and acts like a wood gun or full carbon molded gun – but for a fraction of the price. For a £200 aluminium gun, it’s just incredible. This gun has now come back into stock and you can use Klarna or Paypal to spread the payments. (Subject to availability/each provider’s acceptance criteria).
“The gun has excellent balance in the water and is laser accurate, combine that with the unique barrel design that makes this gun just as buoyant in the water as many £600+ wood and carbon guns on the market. You barely have to hold the gun steady and it sits exactly where you want it, making it super easy to place your shot and move the gun around quickly.”
~ SFUK Team
Grab a SFUK lobster gauge…
We now have these handy measuring gauges for Lobsters, Crabs and Scallops made locally from 3D printed plastic.The measurements are perfect for making sure your catches are up to IFCA standards. They include IFCA min sizes for Lobster, Crawfish, Spider Crab, Edible Crab and King Scallop.
Want one in a specific colour we dont have? Let us know and we will get one ordered for you.
New to spearfishing? Check out Chris’s guide to the IFCA Rules for Recreational Fishing 2024 with useful documents and diagrams. Click here.
Keep your cool this summer…
It might be a little chilly now but summer is just around the corner and for the outdoor junkies among us, this 33 Litre dry cooler backpack from Mares, new for 2024, is a must-have.
Because of the lightweight compressible design this bag is way more versatile than a hard cool box and will still keep ice for at least 24hrs thanks to its inch thick insulated walls.
Made with high-density NBR foam on all sides meaning your drinks, fish and snacks will stay ice cold. Whether you’re keeping your catch fresh, heading into the mountains for a hike or just want to relax with a tinny on the beach after a hard day’s hunting, you can be sure everything inside will stay ice cold!
The bag is waterproof, foldable and easy to clean.
Need new fins or want to invest in your first pair? Read Chris’s new Ultimate Spearfishing and Freediving Fin Guide 2024. Click here.
Meet your Nemesis: New for 2024
New for 2024 from Sigalsub are the Nemesis HT and RG Rollers.
The RG roller is the standard Nemesis roller – it’s a lightweight package with added range without the need to use a larger gun. Click here to find out more.
The HT (standing for ‘Higher Technology’) Invert Roller (pictured above) has landed Apnea Magazine’s Best Choice in the Roller-Inverter-Vela category award, and there’s a lot of good reasons for this.
If you’ve not heard the term ‘invert roller’ before, this means it’s got more power and range than the standard roller – click below to see more, together with a full explanation of all the tech that comes with this exceptional low-cost piece of kit.
Find out more about Nemesis HT & buy
Get your wardrobe summer-ready with our great range of t-shirts, hats, ponchos, beach shoes and more. See all apparel here!