Anyone here scuba certified?

[Cali]

Anyone here go scuba diving? if so what have you seen, where have you been?

[Rangi]

yes, I love it. my favourite is great barrier reef but you need to get to the outer reef for best stuff. also dived in Vanuatu, Mexico, Costa Rica and new Zealand. my favourite is reef diving and most favourite thing I have seen was mating cuttlefish. if you have the money it's an unforgettable and awesome experience.

[Vampyre]

I love diving. I've been to a bunch of dive sites around Guam (where I first qualified), went pearl diving off Bahrain, Phuket Thailand many times, Hawaii (although the best areas are accessible by snorkeling), Key West Florida and The kelp beds off San Diego. Was going to go to Truk Island to see the WWII wrecks in the harbor at the end of September in 2001 but my plans were changed. I'd still like to see that.

[Cibit]

Was a Dive leader in the 80's and early 90's with the SAA

Mostly recreation diving, Farne islands and St Abbs most weekends St Mary's lighthouse during week and a twice yearly trek to Oban for wreck diving and scallop hunting;)

 

Also dived the Med at Tossa de Mar but viz was down to 2 meters:mad:

 

Favourite Shore Dive Powderhouse rocks at Seahouses where you swim through a natural tunnel to start your dive and the drift dive at the Falls of Lora Connel Bridge

 

Favourite Boat Dive The SS Breda in Ardmucknish Bay

[leafer]

Some ten years ago on my second dive after being certified, and sadly my last dive as well. It was at Similan Islands before that tsunami wiped out all those gorgeous reefs. Gorgeous, gorgeous reefs. What a surreal and other worldly experience. It was breath taking. The water was so clear, from the ship, I could see fish going about their business at the bottom, and we were in the middle of the Andaman sea.

 

First time in open water was a bit scary. A couple of days before the Similan trip, our instructor took us wayyy down to a ship wreck in Gulf of Thailand where water was/is murky. Having that damn ship suddenly appeared less than ten meters below me like that was not cool. Then we made our way to this small door and I made sure to peer in to see how dark...blackness. Anyway, I waited for my turn and when everyone that was in front disappeared inside the mouth of man eating blackness, I made my way in but was stopped. So, I tried to enter again and I was stopped. It was then I realized someone must have been tugging on me. Perhaps danger? Perhaps to give me a flashlight? Hmmm. I turned back and saw nothing. You bet I realized I was the last one. Meaning I was alone out there..on my first dive. Weeee.. Yes, yes, then it dawned on me it was my tank hitting the top of the door that stopped me twice!

 

I looked around. Nope no one hurried back to me because he had to pee. Definitely alone. Yes, it occurred to me I should go around to meet them on the other side. I only know they'd all poured out the other side because my awesome instructor told me as much. "We'd go in one side then come out the other." But that meant I'd have to swim around the creepy looking behemoth with weird living things clinging all over it alone. Perhaps even be greeted by two dead crew when I rounded the front to the other side. Breww...so stupid, stupid me went in after them without flashlight or experience diving a ship. I made my way out the other side following couple beams of light that had already put a bit of a distance from me.

 

There were two dive masters with us, and neither thought to get behind me. Moral is pick your dive master very carefully. Asked around, check with people who dove with that person. Read diving magazines. There was one I subscribed to back when I was in the States. Can't remember the name but it has a column of lesson learned from subscribers where they talked about horrid experiences with dive masters, boat operators, danger and deaths. There was one story I never forget from that mag. Know the dangers. Like never go into a ship alone...:P Last but not least, Zeagle Ranger BCD makes you look totally badass. :D

 

All in all, it's probably one of the best things you did in this life.

[Vampyre]

We should organise a DCS : TRUK tour Vampyre!

 

Is Turtle Bay the easiest good place in Hawaii? Am heading there in the next few months.

 

I have not dove Turtle Bay but I hear the currents are a bit strong there... I did dive the Corsair on the south side of Oahu. The Corsair is one of my favorite WWII planes so I had to dive that one. I mostly snorkel in Hawaii... there is a lot to see relatively close to shore where its mostly shallow. Hanama is nice and Kaneohe Bay as well. There are turtles in both of those places as well.

[Rogue Trooper]

Scuba diving is a great hobby, Once you get past the fear bit at the beginning and buy the kit that allows you to be in control of your own dive it becomes a seriously relaxing hobby.

Barrier reef, UK and red sea (Egypt is superb, especially now).

[KLR Rico]

I grew up in southern California and either freedove or scuba dove nearly every day for a few years. But lately I haven't done a whole lot of diving. I did a few dives when I was in Oahu, but nothing since then.

[JaseGill]

Yup,

I'm only an Advanced Open Water (PADI) with Nitrox Certification too.

I started on my 1st visit to the Maldives and have dived there now on 3 trips.

Also done Egypt up North in Dahab, and further south in Hurghada and Marsa Alam, The British Virgin Islands around Virgin Gorda and Necker and in the Caribbean too (Jamaica and Tobago).

Ive done 1 dive in the UK (too cold) and a few in Menorca (not enough to see).

 

The best all round is probably Egypt, especially since its now quieter or for pure ease you cant beat the Maldives, though I loved the ruggedness and the wrecks in the BVI.

J.

[159th_Viper]

PADI certified as well. Dives limited to East Coast of South Africa.

[SNAFU]

My girlfriend got me into diving and I did my Open Water Diver (PADI) course in Marsa Alam, Egypt last year. As a small kid I did a lot of snorkelling in the Med (mostly Italy and France), but until last year always stayed afloat.

 

Great experience and got me hooked I guess. I definity plan on further courses and since I spent most of my holidays on a boat sailing, I am really looking forward to combine theses hobbies... ;)

 

I bought an Intova Under water cam for this and had a real great time taking pictures and making films...

[Cali]

Yes.

 

Dived mostly (best is ship wrecks) around Australia. Also done some Aquarium dives with sharks. Tried Great White cage diving in South Australia but no sharks showed.

 

Also did shark diving around Mana Island in Fiji.

 

Would like to get to South Africa fro great white diving and truk lagoon for WW2 wreck diving.

I also did a lot of spear fishing/snorkelling which I'd recommend to help with skills underwater and comfort.

 

A great skill to practise is breathing through a snorkel underwater with no mask on. People have a lot of trouble with mask off drills scuba diving. It's very easy to panic and not be able to breathe with the ocean in your nose.

 

Do you do it or are you thinking of taking it up?

Great hobby.

 

I just got certified and so far I love it. Did 2 dives yesterday and going again this weekend.

 

I love diving. I've been to a bunch of dive sites around Guam (where I first qualified), went pearl diving off Bahrain, Phuket Thailand many times, Hawaii (although the best areas are accessible by snorkeling), Key West Florida and The kelp beds off San Diego. Was going to go to Truk Island to see the WWII wrecks in the harbor at the end of September in 2001 but my plans were changed. I'd still like to see that.

 

I'm in Guam now, I've been to Gab Gab sand San Luis on big Navy. Going this weekend, not sure where we are going yet. After the new year, we plan on diving the blue hole. I need to get advanced certified so I can go down farther...pass 60 feet.

 

Some ten years ago on my second dive after being certified, and sadly my last dive as well. It was at Similan Islands before that tsunami wiped out all those gorgeous reefs. Gorgeous, gorgeous reefs. What a surreal and other worldly experience. It was breath taking. The water was so clear, from the ship, I could see fish going about their business at the bottom, and we were in the middle of the Andaman sea.

 

First time in open water was a bit scary. A couple of days before the Similan trip, our instructor took us wayyy down to a ship wreck in Gulf of Thailand where water was/is murky. Having that damn ship suddenly appeared less than ten meters below me like that was not cool. Then we made our way to this small door and I made sure to peer in to see how dark...blackness. Anyway, I waited for my turn and when everyone that was in front disappeared inside the mouth of man eating blackness, I made my way in but was stopped. So, I tried to enter again and I was stopped. It was then I realized someone must have been tugging on me. Perhaps danger? Perhaps to give me a flashlight? Hmmm. I turned back and saw nothing. You bet I realized I was the last one. Meaning I was alone out there..on my first dive. Weeee.. Yes, yes, then it dawned on me it was my tank hitting the top of the door that stopped me twice!

 

I looked around. Nope no one hurried back to me because he had to pee. Definitely alone. Yes, it occurred to me I should go around to meet them on the other side. I only know they'd all poured out the other side because my awesome instructor told me as much. "We'd go in one side then come out the other." But that meant I'd have to swim around the creepy looking behemoth with weird living things clinging all over it alone. Perhaps even be greeted by two dead crew when I rounded the front to the other side. Breww...so stupid, stupid me went in after them without flashlight or experience diving a ship. I made my way out the other side following couple beams of light that had already put a bit of a distance from me.

 

There were two dive masters with us, and neither thought to get behind me. Moral is pick your dive master very carefully. Asked around, check with people who dove with that person. Read diving magazines. There was one I subscribed to back when I was in the States. Can't remember the name but it has a column of lesson learned from subscribers where they talked about horrid experiences with dive masters, boat operators, danger and deaths. There was one story I never forget from that mag. Know the dangers. Like never go into a ship alone...:P Last but not least, Zeagle Ranger BCD makes you look totally badass. :D

 

All in all, it's probably one of the best things you did in this life.

 

Nice read, I'm scared to death of sharks. My wife is surprised that I actually did it :D. I've seen a few sea turtles and a lot of fish. Might see some Japanese tourist this weekend....lol

 

My girlfriend got me into diving and I did my Open Water Diver (PADI) course in Marsa Alam, Egypt last year. As a small kid I did a lot of snorkelling in the Med (mostly Italy and France), but until last year always stayed afloat.

 

Great experience and got me hooked I guess. I definity plan on further courses and since I spent most of my holidays on a boat sailing, I am really looking forward to combine theses hobbies... ;)

 

I bought an Intova Under water cam for this and had a real great time taking pictures and making films...

 

I have a GoPro and it works great so far. I need to get a red filter so I get all the color.

[Alicatt]

Started diving with a PADI instructor but completed my training with a BSAC club.

Used to dive around the north coast of Scotland, lots of interesting sights there both natural and man-made.

 

My first ever dive was with my younger brother who had been diving for a few years, this was in the early 70s. I was given a little talk through on and practice with the scuba gear before jumping into the North Sea - no real training at all :) water was crystal clear and about 10m deep, I was diving in a gully between two fingers of rock jutting out into Wick Bay. Finning down to the bottom I found an old WW2 anti ship mine wedged in a crevice in the rocks, half the side of the mine had rotted away and it was an empty shell with seaweed and barnacles growing on it, you could see the horns of the detonators sticking out from the case but they were all covered in barnacles too. Most worryingly was the lobster creel sitting about half a meter from it, thoughts of what could have happened if a creel had hit the mine and set it off, the small creel-boats would not have stood a chance.

 

It was nearly 20 years later that I had my next opportunity to dive and that was with the PADI instructor, I had enjoyed my first dive and this next dive went flawlessly, we had a few more dives an I started to learn how to do it properly. Dave the PADI instructor moved away from the area and along with a few friends I joined the local sub-aqua club with was affiliated with the British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) and completed my training as an open water diver.

I have dived on a WW1 German Destroyer, the V81, which had been rescued from the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow in 1919 only to founder in bad weather when under tow to Rosyth, she sank a few km north of Wick under the eye of an old Viking stronghold called Lambaborg ( http://www.caithness.org/caithness/castles/lambaborg/ ) I have stood inside the steam turbines of the ship, the low pressure end is over 2m in diameter and the seabed is strewn with impeller blades from the turbines, I do have one memento of that dive, a deck cap from a pipe:

 

The entry in my log book!

[Vampyre]

I just got certified and so far I love it. Did 2 dives yesterday and going again this weekend.

 

I'm in Guam now, I've been to Gab Gab sand San Luis on big Navy. Going this weekend, not sure where we are going yet. After the new year, we plan on diving the blue hole. I need to get advanced certified so I can go down farther...pass 60 feet.

I got qualified in Guam as well. The shop was Guam Tropical Dive Station and my Instructor was Simon Pridmore... Great instructor by the way. My first dive was Gab Gab Beach. Definitely get your advanced open water cert. It's totally worth it because then you can see the entirety of the Blue Hole and also do the SMS Kormoran and Toki Maru dive. For now you can dive Fish Eye Pier area, It's a great beach dive with lots of coral and fish and it's shallow, no more than 30ft so you get a lot of bottom time... Oh and do it both during the day and at night... it really is like two different worlds as soon as the sun sets.

 

 

Nice read, I'm scared to death of sharks. My wife is surprised that I actually did it :D. I've seen a few sea turtles and a lot of fish. Might see some Japanese tourist this weekend....lol

I had an encounter with a very large Great Hammerhead while diving in Florida. Visibility was about 40-50 feet at about 40 feet down. When I say very large, it is not an exaggeration, we are talking a fish of about 10 to 12 foot long... ish. My 4" dive knife seemed rather pathetic in light of the size and power of this shark and luckily he was not interested in my dive buddy or I at all. We didn't see him approach and he was gone just as fast but that couple of minutes made the dive the most memorable one I have had to date. When I was in Guam I didn't see a single shark even though I know they are there.

[Cobra847]

Undoubtedly one of my biggest passions, and get away for some diving every chance I get. For anyone here I would heartily recommend at some point going to Bonaire.

 

Renting a truck, loading it up with air and gear and driving all along the coast and diving wherever you feel like is absolutely incredible.

[Alicatt]

Nearest I got to a shark like creature under water was an encounter with a sleeping dogfish which was a little over 3ft long, I swam up behind it and caught it in my hands...

 

It is amazing how flexible they are! I had caught it one hand behind the gills and one round the tail.

 

It wriggled and flexed then tried to bite the hand I had around the tail, it took all my strength to stop it. Then the next question arose - now I have it what do I do with it, my dive buddy was creased up in laughter and his head was in a cloud of bubbles.

I managed to "throw" it away from me as I finned backwards and it swam off out towards the mouth of the bay.

You can find them resting and sleeping in the kelp and seaweed during the day.

[SNAFU]

I have a GoPro and it works great so far. I need to get a red filter so I get all the color.

 

Same here, I coudn´t image how fast the colors fade with the depth and so thought I don´t need a red filter. For the next trip I will definitly get a red filter. I already have a torch now for some times necessary keel inspections while sailing and am really looking forward to the advance open water and night dive courses.

[Cobra847]

Same here, I coudn´t image how fast the colors fade with the depth and so thought I don´t need a red filter. For the next trip I will definitly get a red filter. I already have a torch now for some times necessary keel inspections while sailing and am really looking forward to the advance open water and night dive courses.

 

The red filter won't really give you any colour back. It will simply recolor the whole frame, similar to what you'd do in post production if you just put a transparent red filter on the footage.

 

To get true colour underwater you need to reintroduce more light, i.e. a torch or flash (for photography)

[Alicatt]

Same here, I coudn´t image how fast the colors fade with the depth and so thought I don´t need a red filter. For the next trip I will definitly get a red filter. I already have a torch now for some times necessary keel inspections while sailing and am really looking forward to the advance open water and night dive courses.

Night diving is fun, make sure you have a compass and be aware if you are diving around a wreck then the iron in it can affect the reading.

 

I loved to drift dive with the tide along the cliff face of the southern side of Sinclair bay, quite invigorating when you want to stop and you are fighting against a 3kt tide.

 

Because of the shape of the bay, the tidal flow along the south side was always in the same direction - out to sea on both ebb and flood- so boat cover was always required.

 

The further north you went the stronger the tide with it reaching an easy 16kt as it flows past John O'Groats, giving you aprox. 15-20 minutes of slack water when you can dive.

[SNAFU]

The red filter won't really give you any colour back. It will simply recolor the whole frame, similar to what you'd do in post production if you just put a transparent red filter on the footage.

 

To get true colour underwater you need to reintroduce more light, i.e. a torch or flash (for photography)

 

Yes, I will try this with the Bailong Torch I bought beginning of the year. Could only test it the Baltic this summer in the Finnish and Swedish skär waters. Lake Vättern was quite interesting, but I guess you know... ;)

 

I took this picture in Motala and even though it was the clearest water we found in the whole Baltic region, the view is still quite limited. But I guess that is due to some gale gusts we had that day...

 

 

Night diving is fun, make sure you have a compass and be aware if you are diving around a wreck then the iron in it can affect the reading.

 

I loved to drift dive with the tide along the cliff face of the southern side of Sinclair bay, quite invigorating when you want to stop and you are fighting against a 3kt tide.

 

Because of the shape of the bay, the tidal flow along the south side was always in the same direction - out to sea on both ebb and flood- so boat cover was always required.

 

The further north you went the stronger the tide with it reaching an easy 16kt as it flows past John O'Groats, giving you aprox. 15-20 minutes of slack water when you can dive.

 

Huh, since I am a beginner, with little experience I will stick to the calm waters, so I guess Red Sea fits me perfectly... I only experienced slight currents so far, and found it challenging enough to navigate a long the curved reefs. On the second dive I ever made,my instructor and me - since the situation in Egypt was a little "tumbleweed", I had an instructor and guide for myself , so no mass-group-dives- I could watch a sea cow for 2 or 3 minutes and in this situation a current would have definitely got me lost... ;)

Edited November 13, 2014 by SNAFU

[Alicatt]

Yes, I will try this with the Bailong Torch I bought beginning of the year. Could only test it the Baltic this summer in the Finnish and Swedish skär waters. Lake Vättern was quite interesting, but I guess you know... ;)

 

I took this picture in Motala and even though it was the clearest water we found in the whole Baltic region, the view is still quite limited. But I guess that is due to some gale gusts we had that day...

 

 

 

 

 

Huh, since I am a beginner, with little experience I will stick to the calm waters, so I guess Red Sea fits me perfectly... I only experienced slight currents so far, and found it challenging enough to navigate a long the curved reefs. On the second dive I ever made,my instructor and me - since the situation in Egypt was a little "tumbleweed", I had an instructor and guide for myself , so no mass-group-dives- I could watch a sea cow for 2 or 3 minutes and in this situation a current would have definitely got me lost... ;)

Nice picture :)

Couldn't afford a housing for my camera to take it underwater and the little disposable ones, well after 2m the buttons were permanently depressed so you could not operate the shutter release.

 

Tide Tables were the bible for diving around the coast in northern Scotland, most of the inshore waters were around 10m to 25m then a shelf down to aprox 50m, the majority of the North Sea is quite shallow comparatively.

 

Night Dives:

 

It was a club night dive in Wick Bay, we would be going in at Proudfoot close to the sunken SS Isleford ( http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/101904/details/isleford+north+head+wick+bay+north+sea/ )

 

Going in the surface layer of fresh water from the Wick River brings a layer of brownish peaty water usually only about 25mm thick but when the tide is coming in it can get thicker. Horrible stuff, it's ok going in through and under it but coming back out it coats everything and you really have to wash it all off thoroughly, not just the normal rinsing off of the salt water.

 

We went in about 70m from the boiler of the Isleford and swam towards it which we soon found. Then following my brothers instructions swam towards where the engine should be, along the way I found a brass plaque

 

Drawing of the plaque:

 

Also found some machinery but never found out what it was and never found it again!

 

After the dive I made enquires about the plaque but drew a blank other than the company made catering equipment.

 

On a subsequent night dive I found a 15" or 16" shell, hard to tell with all the barnacles on it, it was a solid shot, but still quite scary when I came across it :) there was a lot of ordinance laying around the bottom so we removed ourselves from the area and called the coastguard about it, the clearance divers came along later that summer and did a controlled explosion of material, man it was loud and sent a dirty plume of water a few hundred feet in the air.

[Raven434th]

PADI certified here.

most memorable dives...hmmm

 

Wall diving off the coast of Victoria Island British Columbia,Beautiful.First checkout dive for Cert down around 60 ft...panicked...damned near drowned.I lived tho,heheh.

 

Scallop diving for Scallop with shells the size of dinner plates on the east coast of Nova Scotia(fried them up with garlic and pepper for the girlfriend...she was very gratefull I recall...not sure which was better that or the dive??)

 

Thinking a SunFish was a Great white shark in Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia (wanna see a diver fly??Don't think I touched the side of the zodiac...when you see a big grey fin pop outta the water ya don't ask questions! felt very silly afterwards,but we laughed our asses off, went back and petted him or her on the nose and looked it the eye) Also did a moonlight night dive there as well where I just sat on the bottom and watched the fish swim by...very cool.

 

Discovering a tunnel like rock formation again on the east coast Nova Scotia. Called it the "Church Isle" cause it looked like being in a cathedral.

 

Cavern diving in Florida,the water was like air you almost wanted to breath it...met a Russian Cave diver who had paid for his trip with titanium D rings.He was with the US caveing Team and when you looked at them in contrast It was really kinda funny.The US team all had spiffy new high tech stuff while the russian looked like he just crawled outta the 60's.

 

My deepest dive to 120 feet for a wreck...dark...cold...loved it.

 

Ahhhh...memories...I feel like I need to get wet.

Edited November 13, 2014 by Raven434th

[Alicatt]

PADI certified here.

most memorable dives...hmmm

 

Wall diving off the coast of Victoria Island British Columbia,Beautiful.First checkout dive for Cert down around 60 ft...panicked...damned near drowned.I lived tho,heheh.

 

Scallop diving for Scallop with shells the size of dinner plates on the east coast of Nova Scotia(fried them up with garlic and pepper for the girlfriend...she was very gratefull I recall...not sure which was better that or the dive??)

 

Thinking a SunFish was a Great white shark in Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia (wanna see a diver fly??Don't think I touched the side of the zodiac...when you see a big grey fin pop outta the water ya don't ask questions! felt very silly afterwards,but we laughed our asses off, went back and petted him or her on the nose and looked it the eye) Also did a moonlight night dive there as well where I just sat on the bottom and watched the fish swim by...very cool.

 

Discovering a tunnel like rock formation again on the east coast Nova Scotia. Called it the "Church Isle" cause it looked like being in a cathedral.

 

Cavern diving in Florida,the water was like air you almost wanted to breath it...met a Russian Cave diver who had paid for his trip with titanium D rings.He was with the US caveing Team and when you looked at them in contrast It was really kinda funny.The US team all had spiffy new high tech stuff while the russian looked like he just crawled outta the 60's.

 

My deepest dive to 120 feet for a wreck...dark...cold...loved it.

 

Ahhhh...memories...I feel like I need to get wet.

Ahh you bring back memories of a great holiday in Nova Scotia, no diving tho :( I was up north around the Grand Mira River and looking at property to buy as a holiday home, but between the black fly and the mosquitos I shelved the idea!

Nice house tho and prices were very good compared with the UK: Victoria Bridge, Grand Mira North.

 

One thing I did notice was that there were a lot of Micmac with the same family name as me :)

My deepest dive was around 38m (125ft) and that was diving for scallops too, that was how I funded the petrol for the 85hp outboard for my little boat, for a bag weighing about 40kg I would get around £125 (1995), two of us would do that a couple of times a month, it helped pay mooring fees petrol and air fills.

[Cali]

Thanks for sharing your stories, I love reading them. Diving is something that is very different and fun. My wife wants to get certified when I get back home. I might have to retire someone near a good dive site.

 

I'll try to upload some pictures here.

 

I got qualified in Guam as well. The shop was Guam Tropical Dive Station and my Instructor was Simon Pridmore... Great instructor by the way. My first dive was Gab Gab Beach. Definitely get your advanced open water cert. It's totally worth it because then you can see the entirety of the Blue Hole and also do the SMS Kormoran and Toki Maru dive. For now you can dive Fish Eye Pier area, It's a great beach dive with lots of coral and fish and it's shallow, no more than 30ft so you get a lot of bottom time... Oh and do it both during the day and at night... it really is like two different worlds as soon as the sun sets.

 

 

 

I had an encounter with a very large Great Hammerhead while diving in Florida. Visibility was about 40-50 feet at about 40 feet down. When I say very large, it is not an exaggeration, we are talking a fish of about 10 to 12 foot long... ish. My 4" dive knife seemed rather pathetic in light of the size and power of this shark and luckily he was not interested in my dive buddy or I at all. We didn't see him approach and he was gone just as fast but that couple of minutes made the dive the most memorable one I have had to date. When I was in Guam I didn't see a single shark even though I know they are there.

 

I want to dive the SMS and Toki, but probably won't get to do it til after Christmas. I love diving at Gab Gab, I've seen sea turtles on every dive so far and got some good pictures and video. We plan on diving Fish Eye, just not sure when. Every time we drive by there are tons of divers in the water.

 

PADI certified here.

most memorable dives...hmmm

 

Thinking a SunFish was a Great white shark in Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia (wanna see a diver fly??Don't think I touched the side of the zodiac...when you see a big grey fin pop outta the water ya don't ask questions! felt very silly afterwards,but we laughed our asses off, went back and petted him or her on the nose and looked it the eye) Also did a moonlight night dive there as well where I just sat on the bottom and watched the fish swim by...very cool.

 

My deepest dive to 120 feet for a wreck...dark...cold...loved it.

 

Ahhhh...memories...I feel like I need to get wet.

 

I didn't think I would get cert at first because during the pool training I had a little bit of a panic attack. I made it through after I surfaced at coughed for a few seconds, got some water in my nose.

 

If I saw that shark I would have pooped my pants. That is one thing I am scared of seeing, but it would be awesome at the same time.

 

My deepest dive so far is about 103 feet....not certified to go past 60 though, but will be getting it though. There wasn't much difference between 60 feet and 100 feet.

[Cali]