Any scuba divers out there?

[rtdiggr]

Very well said. Or should I say that to myself

You made me look. Only a 12 footer or so that was easy (when you hold the paddle in the air "showing off", it's easy).

Funny though, I ran 'em as high as 40', which I won't do anymore. Still do some 30 footers, but in my old days, I was always wondering about my next line once I hit the bottom. NOW when I approach that horizon line, I get butterflies in my stomach.

Wonder why that is

Apologies, getting off topic.
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That pic [for some reason] reminded me of the guy that went over Niagara Falls in a kayak,,,,,, yeah he didn't make but we found the kayak and the oars.
I don't know why he didn't make it the drop is only 180 feet. Shane

 

[mjarrels]

Many years ago, the number one Navy diver (Capt. B) was killed in a simple scuba dive... I knew him from years ago when he was a CDR in charge of the NEDU at Panama City Fl.

mark

 

[Tractors4u]

Deleted dumb question. After thinking about it, came to an answer.

Now you have me wondering what your question was?

 

[Sigarms]

Now you have me wondering what your question was?

Dumb, dealing with pressures and the suit you wore.

However after actually thinking about it laying in bed (where I do most of my thinking, sorry it's not when I'm in front of a keyboard).

At the depth of the tank, I wouldn't forsee any long term problems. However, just thinking out loud, perhaps being a dumb question yet again (since I'm not laying in bed ), wonder if the water pressure would vary if you raised the tank (being the same depth or even "deeper") to different elevations? (I'm not an engineer and have forgotten many of those laws). Added to the fact that I haven't dived in close to decades.

The suit you wore had me interested though. Did more than a couple of decompression dives and had me thinking. Problem is I've forgotten too much and my dive books are up at my dads

 

[AlanB]

Open water certified, dove a lot in 85. My uncle sent me on a trip to the Sinai penninsula, one of the best parts of the trip was that if you wanted to miss the chow hall run, and just eat C's for lunch, you could go diving right behind the airfield. We dove for about an hour every day at what Jaques Cousteou (sp) rated at the time as the second best diving in the world.

Kind of ruined it for me when I got back stateside though.

Sigarms, looks like we need to come visit with you. My son did the Florida version a week or two ago on vacation.


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[ByronBob]

I use to dive alot, i was a certified instructor. I don't dive so much anymore,,, that thing called responsibility stepped in. I have a long commute to work with long hours so not much time for diving anymore.

Podunkadunk if you want to come for a visit in Canada we can go upto Tobermory no salt water there. But it is alittle cold okay really cold if you are down 100' it is 32degres even in the summer. But the ship wreaks are awesome.

Kingston Ontario has some beautiful wrecks aswell.

I never got into ice diving [that to is on my list of ways not to die] but i did do some cave diving in N Florida It was just stunning. You could see about 200'


Shane

My wife has been to Tobermory and said the water was 35 degrees in the dead of summer. She said the water is clear as can be.

We dove on our honeymoon in St Lucia. I loved the clarity of the water there. Won't dive around my house. Too cloudy for me.

 

[sandman2234]

Anybody ever me Jacques Cousteau? He was having some Electronic's problems back in '75 and he pulled into Pensacola and docked right behind the Carrier I was on. (USS Lexington). Two of my roommates (at different times) were the ones that went over to have a looksee and work on it. I got to tag along just to see.
David from jax

 

[dfkrug]

Both the wife and I were certified in Monterey in the 80s. I hated the
lessons and the 7mm suits needed for CA diving. Fortunately, I got started
in warm water "resort" dives in the Caribbean years before I was certified.
My favorite places: the Great Barrier Reef, Tahiti. Always great: anywhere
in the Caribbean. I REALLY enjoy night diving. Still want to try: Truk
Lagoon, fresh water diving, a trip on one of the Agressor fleet boats.

 

[smfcpacfp]

So it looks like I am not alone, but many of you don't seem to dive any more.

I started diving when I was 59 (14 months ago) and I have completed 89 dives since then (Bonaire, Belize, Cobo San Lucas, Palau, Fiji). We also dive in Lake Superior. I seem to do OK with a 3 mil suit, hood, gloves and boots in Lake Superior, although I am contemplating getting a 5 mil suit.

We are leaving for the Turks & Caicos Islands on the 29th on a trip put together by the local dive shop. We plan to dive off the coast of South Africa this June/July (famous sardine run) and near the Socorro Islands this December.

I can only say that I wish I had started earlier, but I have the money now to travel to places that we would not have imagined going to earlier in life.

 

[dfkrug]

So, you're a yooper! I swam in Lake Superior before....it can get a
bit cool.

I went to Turks & Caicos back in the 90s....Club Med actually. I loved
the SCUBA diving there.

Originally from MI, I wish I could have tried it way back then.

 

[smfcpacfp]

So, you're a yooper! I swam in Lake Superior before....it can get a
bit cool.

We call it refreshing.

 

[Haoleguy]

I'm impressed that you have made up for lost time in the short 14 months and hitting several diverse locations. I personally liked Palau(aka Republic of Belau) with the change between marine lakes, archipelago reef environs, and the outer reef drop-offs that run along the Marianas trench. I was there in 1981 collecting marine organisms for research at the Univ's of Hawaii and Utah. I miss SCUBA diving but do snorkel when in warmer waters. I'm definitely not a cold water diver. I find that every dive location has something different to offer and one never gets tired if you stick to rotating variety. A trip I took to Johnston atoll, with military clearance, was interesting as large groups of invertebrate populations were missing but the table top corals were stunning as were the sharks and eels. We collected eels there for their concentration of ciguatera toxin....nasty buggers. Glad you found SCUBA latter in life....Enjoy!

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Just got my PADI cert about 8 months ago in Cozumel MX. Dove in Aruba about two months ago. Bad weather in Aruba, Cozumel was nice.

 

[Ken_CT]

Just got my PADI cert about 8 months ago in Cozumel MX. Dove in Aruba about two months ago. Bad weather in Aruba, Cozumel was nice.

You're supposed to start diving in dirty muddy lousy visability areas, you just dived two really nice places. Compared to those places most places will be disappointments. Seriously though , it's a great sport and there are many fine locations to dive. The worst part of diving is the expense to get to them. I see you are in Pa. In Bethlehem Pa there is an underwater theme park called Dutch Springs (Google it). They have a lot of sunken items to explore like a helicopter, airplane, school bus, fire truck, etc. There are underwater platforms and ropes leading to the items. Not a lot of color as it was a quarry now filled with fresh water, with depths to 100', but it is a nice place. You can camp there too. I attached a couple of diving pics some with an older camera, some with a not as old a camera. The turtle was on a night dive. My wive didn't feel like diving so I buddied up with a stranger. As I was diving I kept getting bumped into. When I turned to tell him to allow more space, I realize it was the turtle bumping me. One is my wife with a ramora, they attach themselves to sharks using the suction on top of their head. The shark was taken in Nassau. One piece of advice I give to new divers- if you are on a boat dive, find the person with the most expensive equipment and the most bells & whistles, especially if they are color co-ordinated.....then move to the other side of the boat. Trust the old timer with the beat up gear anyday.
Dive safe,
Ken