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05-06-2013, 09:25 AM | Topic Starter |
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Any Certified Scuba Divers Here On CP?
Just wondering if there are any certified divers here on CP?
I'm PADI Open Water certified and am about to make my yearly visit to the Bahamas on Memorial Day weekend to go shark diving. Where do you guys go diving, any good lakes up where you live. Here on the Gulf Coast we can get a round trip airfare from Hou/Bahamas for a few hundred bucks on Continental/United. |
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05-06-2013, 09:28 AM | #2 |
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Snorkeling is a blast but never have scuba dive. That would be fun too would love to do it.
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05-06-2013, 09:53 AM | #3 | |
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It's pretty awesome. I'm only certified to go down 100 ft. It does take an act of faith once you go underwater to realize the only thing keeping you alive is your regulator and air tank. Before I got certified I've seen lots of people chicken out on their initial dives even though we were only going down 10-15 ft. |
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05-06-2013, 09:42 AM | #4 |
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No, but I'm a Master SNUBA diver.
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05-06-2013, 09:46 AM | #5 |
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If you ever go to Cancun skip the scuba diving unless you like seeing dead coral.
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05-06-2013, 01:06 PM | #6 |
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Yeah, I went to Cozumel for my honeymoon 20 years ago and the diving was fantastic. We went through there on a cruise last summer and the bottom looked like a moonscape.
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05-06-2013, 10:03 AM | #7 |
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PADI and this is where we've been going the last 2 weekends:
26° 45.937N, 82° 50.756 W and 26° 45.938N, 82° 50.783W AJ's and Grouper all day long. |
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05-06-2013, 10:08 AM | #8 |
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I got my Advanced Open Water Certification about 7 years ago. Got it when I started travelling down to Cancun/Cuba/Dominican every winter.
Did a few nice dives in Mexico at "The Island of Woman" and Cozumel. Would have really liked to do a wreck dive but the bastards wanted me to cough up an extra $60 for a "refresher" course since I didn't have any dives the past six months. |
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It's an extra 60.00 but I guess they don't want you dead. I initially got certified to go shark diving in the Bahamas when they feed the sharks. You should try that, it's crazy. When the boat shows up about 100 reef sharks appear from nowhere to feed, just like stray cats. Sharks are flying everywhere trying to get that food. The yellow tuna and the sting rays are more aggressive than the damn sharks though. I eventually want to go white shark cage diving in South Africa or Guadeloupe Island in Mexico. |
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05-06-2013, 10:26 AM | #10 |
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Not certified and likely never will be, (I don't think I would do it enough to justify the cost/ time to do the training) but I did a beginners dive this past January in Cozumel and it was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced.
We had about a 30-40 minute class and then another 20 minutes or so in shallow water and that was it and we went on the "dive". For the "dive" itself, I don't think we ever got more than 30' below the surface (the guide said about 40') but it was a complete different world. |
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You went on what's called a "resort dive". They teach you enough so that you can make the initial dive. I'm surprised that they you went down 30' feet though, most resort dives are only 15'. That's still plenty though. Something about being down there. The Bahamas are so crystal clear, guess Cancun and other places are the same. I love taking pictures down there. |
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05-06-2013, 10:35 AM | #12 |
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I got certified a long time ago, did all the specialties needed for Master SCUBA from PADI, but never sent in the form to complete and haven't really done any since then. It was alot of fun. Wreck diving in Lake Michigan is the best. There are so many and from 1700s to 1900s.
Bonus... no sharks! I know people love going to see sharks underwater, but not me. I live in California and SUP surf, and if I never saw a shark in my whole life it would be awesome. Dolphins are a good shark warning system and we have lots of dolphins in Southern California. |
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Most sharks want to be left alone and pretty much keep to themselves. Bull Sharks are what you need to watch out for. And Hammerheads. Dolphins are a blast to go diving with. Did a Dolphin Dive in the Bahamas too. They're so ****ing fast it's incredible and soft like skin. |
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Bull sharks are mainly in the Gulf and I won't dive there-those sharks are NASTY MF'ers and just bit a surfer in Florida last week. I've seen Lemon, Nurse, Black Reef Tip and White Reef Tip sharks while diving, plenty of rays but no manta ray. I've never seen a whale, seal, or dolphin while scuba diving. Want to dive in the Galapagos and Baja California next I saw a 500-600 pound Jewfish Grouper in Caymans and when it opened it's mouth you could see clear into it's body-it could nearly swallow a diver. Did see many whales during mating season in Maui breaching all over the place and the Jersey Shore in Winter migration. Seen dolphins too numerous to count at the Jersey Shore and on boats Never saw any hammerheads or makos or great whites and I'm damn glad for that!
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