Thread: Scuba Diving

I used to be heavily into diving, my quals are PADI Rescue Diver, PADI Medic First-Aid, PADI O2 Administrator, TDI Advanced Nitrox, TDI Decompression Procedures.

Though I don't really dive any more, except on the occasional holiday overseas. Last time I was in the water was in 2006 when I went to the Great Barrier Reef for a week on a liveaboard. I haven't thought about it for ages, but goddamn that was an awesome trip.

I did CMAS certifications some 20-25 years ago. CMAS*, **, ***, rescue diver + divemaster. Also worked extra for few years at the local shipyards with inspections, documentations and simple ndt dive tasks.

It was fun while it lasted, but i ceased diving about 5 years ago when it began to take too much time away from my family. Also my friend got into serious diving accident and i didn't want my wife and kids ever to face a situation like that.
Still miss it sometimes, but i think it's hobby meant for the younger men and women.

I've been Open Water cert. for years. I was doing Nitrox, and just got out of it. I went through my gear last night, Dive Computer, BC, Wet Suits, Tanks, Regs, I have thousands of dollars worth of gear just sitting around. I'm debating on selling it. I'm not sure that I'll use it anymore. I have Atomic Aquatics Titanium Regs, and a Zeagle Ranger LTD BC....amongst other stuff.....used to be good stuff....

Anybody else here dive. I admit I'm a total green horn, I've got a total of 7 dives but I'm pretty much obsessed with it. I can't wait to get back in the water.

I got certified two years ago for my birthday, this year I bought myself my own gear, but it was back order till late fall and I didn't want to use rental gear as I had my own coming. Also being new and in a country were my language skills are fluent only in finding a bathroom and getting some food, I wanted to dive with people I know and we had a hard time scheduling it.

I finally sucked it up and went out with a local dive shop and dove with some strangers and had a blast. Some issues with my imperial gauges for those on the metric system and exactly how much air I had but I knew what was going on, my buddy didn't though and I think he was a little upset, I'll have to be more clear next time on the conversion or just buy a metric air gauge.

I tell everyone that has the slightest inkling to give it a try, the silent world is an amazing one.

I've done it a couple of times on the Great Barrier Reef and also in the Maldives this year with SWMBO. I agree, it really is awesome!

Every time I go I think to myself that I should do it more often.

I love it.

My first open ocean dive was a ship wreck over 30 meters deep... I was hooked.

Fresh water dives aren't nearly as fun to me

I used to dive with an earlyer boss off mine
Bottom of the sea is a peasefull place to be

sorry to say i lost my diving buddy by by asking about my paycheck wich never arrived

I used to scuba dive as a hobby when younger. Worked extra as a diver at the local shipyard for few years also, but now i haven't been underwater for about 6 or 7 years or so. Still do some surface things at work every now and then.

I've never been diving on a warm waters although it would have been most interesting. Visibility here in Baltic Sea is not worth mentioning.

Here's some old pic of me coming up.

Anyone dive here? Just got certified last summer in MN.

Heck yeah! The wife and I are both certified.

Want to hear something kind of odd? My wife and I took sign language too so we could talk under water. It was awesome!

We live in Kansas now - not much diving going on, but she continued with signing.