Thread: Scuba Diving

Originally Posted by Pyment

My new project is talking Mrs Py into going diving in Bali this winter. It will be the rainy season, but will that make a difference?

Nope. I've been diving while it was raining multiple times. Turns out it doesn't rain underwater so it's just as great, just not as bright, it's still a lot of fun though

Enjoy!
Brent

I was YMCA Open Water II certified in 1987. At the time, the requirements were more stringent and more respected than others...I'm not sure about today. My wife went the same route. We were both taught by Navy Seal dive instructors. Have been to 122' and been on several wreck dives. After we were married, we went to Bermuda and went diving there...Diving is not the reason to go to Bermuda. Most of our diving has been in the John Pennecamp Underwater State Park in the Florida Keys and surrounding Gulf Stream waters and reefs. Hoping to get my 12 year old son certified next year or one after that.

I've been SSI for about 4 or 5 years. Most of my diving is all zero viz and cold. Got into it as a recovery diver for my fire department. I'm now one of the dive captains. We go down when you don't come up.

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.

You got to love those AGAs Sailor. I’m an Ol retired diver. Not too much for recreation though mostly search and rescue. It is quite an adventure when you get a chance to actually see what you are doing. I highly recommend it as a job or a sport and confidence builder.
Mike

Originally Posted by MODINE

You got to love those AGAs Sailor. I’m an Ol retired diver. Not too much for recreation though mostly search and rescue. It is quite an adventure when you get a chance to actually see what you are doing. I highly recommend it as a job or a sport and confidence builder.
Mike

Thanks. AGAs were reliable buddies although they were easy to freeze at winter. Nowadays they're known as Drägers. I still do smoke diving (ship fire fighting) with these at work and surface swimmer tasks as well.
Scuba was great back then but now at the age of 46 i'm happy to leave it for those who are younger than me.

You hit the nail and i couldn't describe scuba better. Confidence builder and also valuable lesson in life to work and act the way that you always know how to get back. Unfortunately not everyone learned it or got there a little hard way.

Probably the main reason to quit scuba was seeing some of my buddies getting into accidents and i didn't want to leave my family in trouble. Fun it was while it lasted.

Cheers to all scuba divers, both present and retired