Who scuba dives?

[FROSTY]

Talking to a few scuba divers and all or em seem to be bikers or were bikers.
So how many of you lot also scuba dive?
What cert level?

[Hitcher]

My wetsuit has shrunk considerably since I did my advanced course 30 mumble years ago.

[Akzle]

open water.

But id probably be a fucken hazard to myself as i havent used it in fokken yurs.

Freedive now. Not that i do enough of that, either.

[Ulsterkiwi]

the idea of Akzle admiting to being a hazard makes me chuckle.

I went up to something called Assistant Club Instructor with BSAC and Master Diver with PADI because the wee plastic cards are such a hoot. Diving much much longer than riding motorcycles. Water and bikes are equally hostile to my other interest, cameras. Equally, I find ways to work around that :-)

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My darling missus got her Advanced Open Water and some specialities like Nitrox so we could dive together and she is frickin awesome. Am quietly confident her class 6 licence will follow.....

[skippa1]

Open water

[P38]

SSI Dive Con.

Century Diver Cert along with numerous specialty dive certs.

Cheers
Pete

[Berries]

Talking to a few scuba divers and all or em seem to be bikers or were bikers.
So how many of you lot also scuba dive?
It's a bit tame though isn't it? I did a NAUI open water course in the mid 80's and apart from a wicked shark encounter, some fun with a few manta rays and dripping the contents of my sinuses all over a boat it was all a bit quiet and a bit of a yawn.

Surprised there is a link between that silent and relatively peaceful world where you can hear yourself breathe and the full on noisy world that is riding a bike.

[FROSTY]

It's a bit tame though isn't it? I did a NAUI open water course in the mid 80's and apart from a wicked shark encounter, some fun with a few manta rays and dripping the contents of my sinuses all over a boat it was all a bit quiet and a bit of a yawn.

Surprised there is a link between that silent and relatively peaceful world where you can hear yourself breathe and the full on noisy world that is riding a bike.
One thing with diving is that there are no "scuba police" which means that any "rules" are pretty much self imposed.
The concequences of breaking the rules are all on you.
For me it genuinely is the closest to being in outer space I'll encounter.

[FROSTY]

the idea of Akzle admiting to being a hazard makes me chuckle.
. Water and bikes are equally hostile to my other interest, cameras. Equally, I find ways to work around that :-)

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what camera rig do you use? Ive been playing around with an Intova IS400 but to be honest the missus is getting better pics with her point n shoot intova version of the go pro.

[george formby]

Got as far as the 3rd Padi level, that long ago I forget. Did some specialty dives, night and wreck and navigation. Found I preferred free diving and got seriously into spear fishing. Less gear to cart around and a lot more diving in a day. Gadget divers got up my nose, too. Bobbing around with their arse and feet above their head and not watching their buddy.

For me the thing that diving and bikes have in common is the total focus on what I'm doing. They get 100% of my attention, no distractions.

[Ulsterkiwi]

what camera rig do you use? Ive been playing around with an Intova IS400 but to be honest the missus is getting better pics with her point n shoot intova version of the go pro.

A Canon G12 in an Ikelite housing with a DS160 Ikelite strobe, have a wee LED torch for a focus light as well but dont use it so much. Good way to spend money lol

[Ulsterkiwi]

For me the thing that diving and bikes have in common is the total focus on what I'm doing. They get 100% of my attention, no distractions.

this, pretty much this

[Ulsterkiwi]

One thing with diving is that there are no "scuba police" which means that any "rules" are pretty much self imposed.
The concequences of breaking the rules are all on you.
For me it genuinely is the closest to being in outer space I'll encounter.

ever heard of "Doing It Right" divers? the name should tell you all you need to know.

[FROSTY]

ever heard of "Doing It Right" divers? the name should tell you all you need to know.
Mate that's not police that's their religion.:innocent:
Wanna see a DIR diver have a heart attack? D
ive a rig with an occy/inflator and no bailout onto a wreck.
Aparently you WILL die.
Mind you CMAS divers are also a strange bunch

[george formby]

Mate that's not police that's their religion.:innocent:
Wanna see a DIR diver have a heart attack? D
ive a rig with an occy/inflator and no bailout onto a wreck.
Aparently you WILL die.
Mind you CMAS divers are also a strange bunch

LOL. Choose your buddies and riding companions carefully. I think it was my 3rd dive when we played with a kids shape ball to demonstrate getting narc'd. Timed ourselves on the surface putting the wee shapes in then at 50mtrs :eek5: It was a good day for fine tuning buoyancy and deco stops. Bugger all happening down there. Grey, barren and cold. That was with 3 instructors, naughty ones.

[FROSTY]

LOL. Choose your buddies and riding companions carefully. I think it was my 3rd dive when we played with a kids shape ball to demonstrate getting narc'd. Timed ourselves on the surface putting the wee shapes in then at 50mtrs :eek5: It was a good day for fine tuning buoyancy and deco stops. Bugger all happening down there. Grey, barren and cold. That was with 3 instructors, naughty ones.
hey George-nowadays you do the "deep" work at 30m. Don't ask --I know silly aye? But that's the padi way.

[george formby]

hey George-nowadays you do the "deep" work at 30m. Don't ask --I know silly aye? But that's the padi way.

:laugh:Yeah, i know. My PADI dive tables stopped at 33m when we did that dive on the Maitai Pinnacle. I never repeated it. Pointless.
There are some loose units diving. A Scandinavian bloke who came up to dive now and again would have a joint on the boat, pre dive, and exhale into his BCD so he could smoke underwater.

Each to their own I guess. All I was interested in was crays and they are rarely deep. Might have to take off the tank and put it between me legs to get into a crack but that was the limit of my shenanigans. Night diving made me paranoid. Cue Jaws music.

[Ulsterkiwi]

most narcd I ever got was at the stern end of the Lermentov, out of my skull. Apparently the soupy green water you get there sometimes makes it worse.

I did get that anenome shot when inside the wreck later on, seemed more psychadelic at the time:eek:

[5ive]

Did my Padi Open Water course through the Army in the Waiouru swimming pool, and in Lake Taupo, including some extensive underwater navigation training.

Never put a tank on again after that though, all of my diving since has been in salt water on one breath for food/fun.

[FROSTY]

most narcd I ever got was at the stern end of the Lermentov, out of my skull. Apparently the soupy green water you get there sometimes makes it worse.I did get that anenome shot when inside the wreck later on, seemed more psychadelic at the time:eek:
Funny you should say that. I was diving a wreck in October. Saw a fish hovering on the bow. looked like an angelfish but in black and white.
But the whole outside edge was a series of "flashing blue lights"
Grabbed for the camera and it disappeared.
Everybody told me I was Narked and seeing things. Took me 3 months to find a picture of the darn thing in a book.
Juvenile angelfish

[TheDemonLord]

I've always wanted to learn how to Scuba Dive - but the cost of Gear and the realisation that I have too many hobbies I would like to indulge in and they are all expensive is a restricting factor.

[Akzle]

but the cost...

haven't you recently obtained a child?

silly cunt.

[Big Dog]

haven't you recently obtained a child?

silly cunt.
That would be one of the expensive time consuming hobbies he mentions.

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[FROSTY]

I've always wanted to learn how to Scuba Dive - but the cost of Gear and the realisation that I have too many hobbies I would like to indulge in and they are all expensive is a restricting factor.
You don't need gear dude--a good training crowd will supply it all.
Vacation diving they supply the gear too.

[george formby]

You don't need gear dude--a good training crowd will supply it all.
Vacation diving they supply the gear too.

Concur, for the hardware anyway. All my diving was on borrowed / rented gear. BCD, tanks, regs. I bought a Mosquito dive computer watch thingy when I realised that I would be doing more free diving. It records each individual descent. Had my own suit, mask, fins etc. I was just about to spring for the hardware when a change of circumstances meant I would mainly be doing shore dives or flopping off a kayak (not a bad thing at all) so committed to the free diving.

[oneofsix]

I've always wanted to learn how to Scuba Dive - but the cost of Gear and the realisation that I have too many hobbies I would like to indulge in and they are all expensive is a restricting factor.

I totally agree, that's why I have completed the online part of the PADI course and am booked for the practical in a couple of weeks. :facepalm: The dive shop is supplying the gear, although my size is challenging them on the wetsuit, I might have to buy that lol.

[5150]

I Like muff diving personally... :bleh:

[Akzle]

I Like muff diving personally... :bleh:

don't forget your diving gear (http://www.amazon.com/Glow-N-Dark-Pussy-Snorkel/dp/B001D26Q16)...

[caspernz]

That would be one of the expensive time consuming hobbies he mentions.

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Nah I think the child is the result of the hobby, not the hobby itself. Also known as the result of a near-miss. The vagaries of the English language...

[geoffm]

Advanced open water, night and wreck and navigation. Haven't been diving for years although I still have the gear. I used to do it a lot, but given my current level of unfitness it would be a bad idea.
I got down to 48m in the engine room on the President Coolidge in 1999 - definitely nitrogen narcosis starting there, and it went away once we started going up. All decompression dives with drop tanks (2 per day) but a great trip.
Geoff

[FROSTY]

Advanced open water, night and wreck and navigation. Haven't been diving for years although I still have the gear. I used to do it a lot, but given my current level of unfitness it would be a bad idea.
I got down to 48m in the engine room on the President Coolidge in 1999 - definitely nitrogen narcosis starting there, and it went away once we started going up. All decompression dives with drop tanks (2 per day) but a great trip.
Geoff
Come on out to the knights one day dude. It'll refuel you.
-heading to Va end of the month to finish my Divemaster rating. -Next year its IDC instructor course.

[SPman]

Did a NZUA course with Guy Kidd 40 yrs ago. Couldn't be stuffed doing any more courses - just did a shit load of diving through the late 70's, early 80's - Poor Nights and Coromandel mainly. It's a bugger trying to carry all your dive gear on the back of a Ducati GT750.........

[oneofsix]

Off for my first pool session :wavey:

[FROSTY]

Off for my first pool session :wavey:
So how dis you get on? By now you should have your card from Padi

PS--DM number 370015 if you need help

[oneofsix]

So how dis you get on? By now you should have your card from Padi

PS--DM number 370015 if you need help

A funny thing happened on the way. Between he tutor and I it got delayed. Plan to finish the open water sessions this weekend

[FROSTY]

so cesa done? share air? Nav? if you can I'd strongly suggest a bit of focus on buoyancy. don't forget doing the weight check to empty all three BC's

[Shaun Harris]

So how dis you get on? By now you should have your card from Padi

PS--DM number 370015 if you need help



I need help man. I have not been in the ocean since my father drowned in a boating accident when I was 9

[haydes55]

I need help man. I have not been in the ocean since my father drowned in a boating accident when I was 9
You certainly haven't had the easiest life have you.

So you're less scared racing Isle of Man than going in the ocean?

I'm afraid of heights, but happy to swing on a sidecar around western springs or palmy with concrete walls.

[Shaun Harris]

You certainly haven't had the easiest life have you.

So you're less scared racing Isle of Man than going in the ocean?

I'm afraid of heights, but happy to swing on a sidecar around western springs or palmy with concrete walls.

Maybe not, been Locked away in social welfare at the age of 13 also. but had an extremely good one though mate since deciding to start racing when I was 23. Have travelled the entire world many times, lived in many diff countries, speak enough Japanese to get by, won the TT 3 x, and broke a concrete wall there also Haha. Under water seriously interests me bu but but, No problems going out fishing in a boat at all though


You dirt swingers have balls for sure, My racing started as a road race swinger in 1986. SORRY Frosty, back on track now.

[Big Dog]

Shaun - New Plymouth dive centre used to offer free first pool session including a crack at their chopper simulator a few times a year. A good way to break the ice.
The beach round by the port is not much different to a pool and most adults can stand out to about 100m from shore.
Great place to chuck a mask and snorkel on and check out some marine life. Some will come over to check you out too.

I never went scuba because of my ears but I used to really like snorkeling around the waterways of the naki.

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[Shaun Harris]

Shaun - New Plymouth dive centre used to offer free first pool session including a crack at their chopper simulator a few times a year. A good way to break the ice.
The beach round by the port is not much different to a pool and most adults can stand out to about 100m from shore.
Great place to chuck a mask and snorkel on and check out some marine life. Some will come over to check you out too.

I never went scuba because of my ears but I used to really like snorkeling around the waterways of the naki.

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Cheers mate, Interesting