Any divers out there?

[Canuck278 0]

Hey how many qualified scuba divers do we have in here? Here is a good pic of me doing some flips at 40 ft in hawaii.

"more people are killed every year by falling coconuts than by sharks"

Steve
Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap.

[Zenister 0]

got my license thru SSI in 95 but havent been diving since 97 so....

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[DexterBase 1]

I got certified through Advanced open water then Medic first aid. I actually started Rescue diver training but didn't finish. (long story).

[TheAnvil 0]

LOVE SCUBA!

Haven't been in a while, though....

Beers,

Vinny the Anvil

Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

[riddler 0]

Going to Honduras in July for a week of diving off of Roatan Island. Belize last year. Cozumel the year before. Americans are pretty lucky to have such a good reef area to dive.

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[mattb 0]

I got certified in March on my Honeymoon in the Bahamas. Hopefully another trip this winter.

[Jib 0]

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[dkearns 0]

Was a Navy diver for 5 years. Used to dive closed circuit mixed gas rigs and do some long decompresion stops on the way to altitute (SL). That was work so never really felt like doing it for fun afterwards. No diving since 96 plus it's a bit to slow.

[aero04 0]

got certified many years ago, but I haven't been scuba diving in years. Found another hobby

[Racenic 0]

Scuba cert over 15 years.
Haven't been since I learned to skydive.
Skydiving, less gear and no dive tables to figure out between dives!
Cna you make 8 Scuba Dives in a day?????????

Nick D

The key to Immortality is- first living a life worth remembering”

[freeflir29 0]

Scuba????? That shit is dangerous.....

[CDRINF 1]

I started scuba diving in 1989 a year after I began skydiving. Then I got married in 1992 and decided I had to limit myself to one money consuming hobby.

Another reason I got out of scuba diving was that I felt I was surrounded by a lot greater number of less well trained people than at the DZ. I was always pretty confident of skydivers' abilities, but I was not so sure about all scuba divers. In my open water course there was a mother/son combo who had bought complete matching sets of top of the line, color coordinated gear before they had taken even one lesson. She spent most of the class fussing over him rather than paying attention. I was also almost almost killed when my dive partner panicked after swallowing a little water in heavy current at 75 feet on a dive off Cozumel. I later found out she had taken her lessons from a guy who pretty much sold certifications to who ever showed up.

I hope skydiving never gets this way, but I am seeing signs that it might be. When I see things like B License jumpers who cannot pack, and people with a lot of money but little experience dropping big cash as they rapidly downsize canopies, I begin to worry.

CDR

[riddler 0]

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no dive tables to figure out between dives!

This is really changing just in the last few years. I got an Air Z (Nitrox) dive computer from Scuba Pro. It sends information about tank air pressure via a hoseless (wireless) link directly to your wrist computer. The wrist computer is smart enough to calculate a whole heap of things, starting with how many minutes of air it estimates you have left at the current depth, max depth, minutes you have to decompression, starting (above water) elevation, and current dive time.

Then it gets really fancy and records multiple dives and can tell you in advance how to plan your next dive, giving you various times at various max depths, as well as current off-gas time. It senses whether your above water or diving automatically. The only real thing I need to tell it is air mixture (for Nitrox/rebreather diving).

Of course, you still should know how to do dive tables in case the computer breaks, but doing both, I've found that the computer can easily double my diving time, since it doesn't rely on as many estimations from square tables. Computers are becoming almost necessary for most divers these days and let you focus on diving, rather than crunching numbers. Dive masters are starting to take two in case one breaks.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[Vance 0]

PADI Divemaster. Been diving since '87. Guam, Tahiti, Cozumel, Florida, San Diego, all over the damn place. Still love it but skydiving has taken a higher priority. Though I plan on doing some scuba and skydiving in Hawaii in July

Vance

[CrazyIvan 0]

Does 'Boobie diving' of 'Muff diving' counts?

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[Iflyme 0]

Where I live is the best scuba diving anywhere ... biggest variety of life on the planet ... sadly, I haven't strapped on the tanks for about 8 or 9 years ... one of the last times I was out, I shot video of a sea-lion doing barrel rolls in front of me (at this truly incredible dive site: http://www.racerocks.com/. I know where at least 1/2 dozen octopus dens are -- lots of wolf eels naerby, too. West Coast of Canada is awesome for diving! (A little cold, maybe -- but hey! That's what dry suits are for!)

[cop 0]

Got my license when I was 15... In these days I dive only when I'm somewhere where water is clear and warm because in Finland it's too damn dark and cold.

"You can call me Mike"

[SkyDekker 1,465]

for those looking for a great diving vacation, take a look at www.fantasea.net and check out their liveaboard diving cruises!!!!

[Hooknswoop 19]

I spent a year as a Safety Diver at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. 533 hours underwater in 10 1/2 months on 46% NITROX.

Hook

[bill2 0]

I got certified in "78 while in the Army, but not as an Army diver. I dove a lot for the next several years, including working as a diver in San Diego while going to college. but haven't dove since about '94. It's fun but not the adrenaline rush of jumping.

[Shark 0]

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"more people are killed every year by falling coconuts than by sharks"

You haven't jumped with me yet...

[KawiZX900 0]

wait till i get home and i'll post some wicked Great Barrier Reef pix... turtles and moray's and all kinds of crap...

Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky

[Squeak 17]

Igot certified in 1983 am qualified to Assistant instructor level have been diving all over australian and S E Asia.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
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[Raefordite 0]

Cool Photo!
I've been advanced PADI certified since 1983 but haven't scuba dove since 1993. Gave up scuba for a faster version with less O2 needs.
Also being land locked in central NC, skydiving is much more accessble.

[Stacy 0]

I got certified when I was 13 years old. Had done a dive in Jamaica before that when I was about 12. Dad was a PADI instructor until he blew out his ear drum testing some first run dry suit. GOt me a JR C-card through SSI back in '92 and I did my first dives on the Palancar and Paraiso reefs in Cozumel. I haven't dove in about 8 years now, but since i'm living in FL every time i drive past a dive shop....