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Any Scuba divers here?

nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
edited June 2010 in General Discussion
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    nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    any scuba divers here?besides me and itgobang, i found a new evenrude 35hp engine about 75 ft down in a lake so it got me thinking ,so i think i'm gonna start diving once a week,now around the marinas and docks,last year i found a couple rings and necklaces,crab pots around the marina in newport, i'm trying to log in some more dive time before i go to underwater welding school in oct.i'm gonna go to the divers institute of technology in seattle my class starts up in oct late oct so i'm gonna have to buy a dry suit,any recommendations on any,and what do you dive for?[8D]

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    savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,469 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    use to haven't been diving in a long time might need to start again to add to my gun collection[:D]
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    matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    Yep, deepest dive, 141' in Cabo San Lucas, '96. Thanks for reminding me, I need to go again soon.
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    iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    Used to, before my ears went bad. Did certs for basic open water, advanced open water, wreck, search/rescue/recover, cavern, and basic cave.

    Deepest dive? about 1500' - in. Don't think the depth gauge ever registered more than 20 on that dive... deepest down was 120.
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    nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got certified -96, have not done much lately, I just bought me BC, tank and regulator, I have all but the weight belt, then I am ready to go again.
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    mark christianmark christian Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 24,456 ******
    edited November -1
    I've been certified since April, 1976 but have not been diving in 15 years. I used to own all of the equipment but I made the mistake of loaning it all to my dead beat cousin 15 years ago and ...Lets just say it is all gone [:(!]
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I've killed WAYYyyy too many fish,to give them a clear shot at me..
    NO WAY!
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    Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    PADI certified since 1977. Deepest dive San Clemente Island 130'. Couldn't stay there long.
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    spurgemasturspurgemastur Member Posts: 5,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got trained well enough to go down with a diving baby sitter. It was cool. I'd do it again but feel no need to get certified myself.
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    53hawkeye53hawkeye Member Posts: 4,673
    edited November -1
    I was fishing with friends 30 miles off shore from Freeport, Tx. one day when out of the distance came a small john boat. They tied up on the rig where we were fishing. And one guy in a wet suit went over the side of the john boat with spear gun in hand. He came up shortly with about a 30 lb grouper. Impressive. Then his buddy went over.
    First off I could not believe they were that far out with that small of a boat and then to dive that rig solo. Them guys were either crazy or had balls the size of the fish they were spearing.
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    aw3olaw3ol Member Posts: 583 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gave it up when the equiptment started needing replacing, fished for the halibut??? Speered me a 3 lbs hering once.
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    peonpeon Member Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NAUI Master Scuba Diver, certified 1992
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    HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    NAUI and PADI, since 1973.

    No longer dive[|)]
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    we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    I've killed WAYYyyy too many fish,to give them a clear shot at me..
    NO WAY!


    [:D][:D][:D]
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    Alan RushingAlan Rushing Member Posts: 9,002 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, and like the other folks here, really enjoy diving. For me free diving or with tanks, fantastic. Greater freedom and a bit better bottom time with tanks. [;)] [8D]

    Unfortunately have not been tank diving for about 13-15 months at this point! [:(] [V]

    Have never dove with tanks outside of the Americas/Caribbean. Favorite diving area to this point has been Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Hope to get there before there are many more storms.

    Don't want to wait until next season, to see what damage the [8] BP [8] oil gusher may cause. [?] [:(]

    okkim Why were you asking ? ? ?
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    williwmwilliwm Member Posts: 194 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    certified 83, most of my diving is off the coast of Alabama and panhandle of Florida. Visibility usually between 6' to 60' . Best dive was in the East China sea off Okinawa with daughter, a Marine at the time.

    Deepest dive was 140', no desire to go much deeper.
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    ManygunsManyguns Member Posts: 3,837
    edited November -1
    PADI certified advanced open water since 1978. Have done some wreck diving in Lake Superior (cold) Haven't been diving in many years and sold all of my equipment. It was fun!
    Tom
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    Locust ForkLocust Fork Member Posts: 31,704 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been certified since 1987....when I was in Hawaii we used to go diving ALL of the time. A friend of mine took tourists out and had a deep sea boat business. That was some MAJOR fun there. We used to take off every chance we could. One thing I learned....my Jeep could pull a big boat...no problem, but it COULD NOT pull it out of the water. That was scary!

    The last dive I went on was over 10 years ago now. The Bahamas....that is an excellent place to go (especially nite dives!)
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    MaxOHMSMaxOHMS Member Posts: 14,715
    edited November -1
    Bought gear at 13, dove into lake alone!

    Never certified- got a friend to fill for me.

    He used it more than I did.

    Never any spectacular dives.

    Still fun.

    Sold gear 6 or 7 years later.
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    wittynbearwittynbear Member Posts: 4,518
    edited November -1
    Never commercially certified, but graduated the Combatant dive course in Panama City, FL. Used to dive all the time on Okinawa without a problem, knew pretty much everyone who ran a dive shop on the island, even used help a friend to get people open water PADI certified. Figured I wouldn't need my personal dive gear anymore when I left, as my home is 600 miles from an ocean, so I sold most of it. Last time I tried to rent gear to go diving down in the gulf, the punk kid at the dive shop wouldn't rent to me because I wasn't certified by NAUI or PADI and according to him (as he knows it all) there is no other way to learn how to dive. I called the dive shop owner, who was a retired navy salvage diver, he come in, fired the snotnosed brat, and rented me some gear. He died a few months later in a motorcycle accident and some new guy runs the shop now. Seems like some kind of punk * surfer dude, the shop went from being half diving history museum half store to being half surf shop half dive shop. I walked out and haven't been back, I haven't went diving since then, its just too much hassle. I would use my own but all that gear all used to be cheap when I was single, now it seems really expensive.
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    1fisher1fisher Member Posts: 1,012 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Certified in 1986 at age 16.

    Best ever is Papua New Guinea, second best is Fiji. Deepest I have hit is 135 ft. Deep dives are interesting, but I'd much rather spend an hour on a reef at 50 - 60 ft so you can really look into all the nooks and crannys.
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    wipalawipala Member Posts: 11,068
    edited November -1
    Certified since 78 haven't dived in over 20 years due to sinus and ear problems head goes 3feet under water blinding pain.
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    dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,969
    edited November -1
    PADI-1974. Haven't dived since '83. Bad sinus [xx(]
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    peonpeon Member Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This thread got me curious, so I went to the NAUI site. They've changed their certification classifications... at least for us old farts that were certified before 1996.


    Old Name
    New Name
    Openwater 1
    Scuba Diver
    Openwater 2
    Advanced Scuba Diver
    Advanced
    Master Scuba Diver
    Master
    Gold Master Diver
    Rescue
    Scuba Rescue Diver
    D.A.R.T.
    Advanced Scuba Rescue Diver
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    AzhunterAzhunter Member Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got certified padi in 1978, my wife got certified in 93.We haven't been in about 5-6 years, though.
    Grand Caymans.
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    AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,064 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Certified in 1968.

    I owned my own compressor. I had every Cert. that was ever offered, even Chamber Operator.

    Bounce dive to 175 ft. Didn't see anything worthwhile so I didn't need to go back.

    Recovered a few dead bodies for the Sheriff's Dive team. Don't need to do that again.

    Got to hang out with several top names in spearfishing, underwater film and photograph.

    Stopped diving when I got a knee replacement. Got rid of a lot of spear guns, scooters, underwater cameras and housings. Still got a lot of stuff to get rid of.
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