Scuba/Freediving Diving Thread

Does a muff diver count?

 

Both my father and I dive. He was a rescue diver for NYFD. I hope soon to start working on my advanced open water. It's kinda hard living in AZ though, diving lakes is NOT fun!

 

I have been certified as an "Open Water" diver since since 1980. Love the emerald cost of northern Florida! Dove Ponce de Leon springs several times. I can't remember the name of the swampy area where the spring was. COLD water as I recall.


Jeff / JWWPHOTO

 

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I've lost my mask on a dive but went on another 20 minutes to finish it.... people called me crazy but i had air =] haha

 

The difficult we do immediatly. The impossible takes a little longer.
I like to eat. So I pack weapons. Cave diving is cool if your not clausty.

 

I've been PADI certified since 1974. I dive 2 or 3 times a year wherever I can.

 

I lived in Hawaii for 6 years and dove quite a bit. It was ok diving. I went to Fiji for three months and dove 2 or 3 times a day. Great diving in Fiji. I am Padi advanced certified. its been a few years since i have gone diving though. I love it.

 

I guess I am just weird. I enjoy the cold diving, low vis. I love the wrecks in the great lakes. I think that beats colorful fish any day.

 

i have a padi open water certificate and i was working on my advance certificate i choose to do night, deep, wreck, and photography but when my dad and i were doing our night diving i had a really bad tooth sqeeze at 30 ft and could't eqaulize no matter what i tried i never completed my advance cause of it. but i really wanna get back into its so much fun. love the water.

 

No time like the present. Things like that will ruin a dive and if you don't look at why you enjoy the sport instead of what just went wrong you could easily fall off. Get back to it. I'm certified with SDI/TDI my specialties I took for my advanced were navigation, deep, night, nitrox, and limited penetration wreck.

 

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i have scuba dived all over the world. honduras and hawaii 2 of my favorites.

 

Hey, any other SCUBA Divers out there, Whats your Certs and where is the best diveing U have ever had,....should generate some interesting discussions.
I"m from Ontario Canada, Im a rescue Diver, Dive master candidate, most of my Diving is done in Th Kingston area of Lake Ontario, Some of my best dives though were in Roatan.

 

Best dive for me so far is Catalina Island; HI was a big disappointment.

 

I'm certified through Divemaster but haven't been diving much at all lately. I've done high altitude diving (Lake Tahoe), dry suit, equipment, rescue diver, etc.

Best, most varied diving? I'd have to say Catalina too. Weirdest place I've gone? That'd have to be on a training dive with a local SO to a dam. 150' to the bottom in silt. Although I've spent a lot of time in Monterey Bay, I'd have to say the wall at the Coast Guard Pier is pretty cool.

 

If you ever get the chance go out on a shore dive at night during Bioluminescence. Its an incredible experience.

 

Or to lie on the bottom of a fresh water lake and look at the stars and moon. Not quite the same as bioluminescence but pretty cool too.

 

IM a diver,only have open water and nitrox certs,been diving since 1988,i dive alot on the north calif coast,my best dive was a three day dive in So Cal abord the PEACE boat for three days.

 

I just got my cert in 09, best dive was Channel Islands. But i love diving in norcal, love scoping out good Abalone spots

 

Didn't Peace run aground a while ago? Conception and Vision are pretty nice as well.

FTW, Truth Aquatics runs a great dive operation in the Channel Islands.

 

Well i never heard about that , the Peace running aground,but i figured if it had i would have heard about it,i read two or three diving related boards and i havent seen any mention of the Peace running aground in the last three years,not saying it didnt i just havent heard that news.