Who scuba dives?

[FROSTY:Me]

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 :-)



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:Me]

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:Me]

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 :-)

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:Me]

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.
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.
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 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.