Snorkeling/Scuba Diving

[Buffett and Colbert]

How many of you guys snorkel or scuba dive? I try and go out to snorkel where I live often. It's amazing what you can see in your own backyard! Just in a small beach nearby, I've seen things from lobster to lionfish to eels galore. It's great! So how often does NSG go out and put on a mask and what do you see?

[Galloism]

I scuba. My favorite locally is to go out the reef and attract some sharks.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

I scuba dive. I'm a certified PADI Open Water Diver. It's been a while though, my last scuba diving trip was about 5 years ago in St. Thomas.

[Galloism]

I scuba dive. I'm a certified PADI Open Water Diver. It's been a while though, my last scuba diving trip was about 5 years ago in St. Thomas.

How was the PADI course?

I'm NAUI.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

I scuba dive. I'm a certified PADI Open Water Diver. It's been a while though, my last scuba diving trip was about 5 years ago in St. Thomas.

How was the PADI course?

I'm NAUI.

Well, it was 20 years ago and I was 16, but I don't recall it being a particularly difficult course. The concepts, dangers techniques and skills are all pretty straightforward. Probably the most useful skill they teach that doesn't exactly come alive in a decent book is the use of a nitrogen chart for planning dives. Now they have dive computers for divers to rely(over rely?) on.

The most difficult part for me were the open water dives. They were done off of Avery Point in Groton CT in Febuary. Even the wonder of picking up and studying a lobster with my own hand couldn't change the fact that visibility was about 3 feet and the water was cold enough to drive my testicles to snuggle against my kidneys for warmth.

[Dinaverg]

How many of you guys snorkel or scuba dive? I try and go out to snorkel where I live often. It's amazing what you can see in your own backyard! Just in a small beach nearby, I've seen things from lobster to lionfish to eels galore. It's great! So how often does NSG go out and put on a mask and what do you see?

Sounds like quite a meal.

[Galloism]

Well, it was 20 years ago and I was 16, but I don't recall it being a particularly difficult course. The concepts, dangers techniques and skills are all pretty straightforward. Probably the most useful skill they teach that doesn't exactly come alive in a decent book is the use of a nitrogen chart for planning dives. Now they have dive computers for divers to rely(over rely?) on.

Yeah, my instructor was really big on the dive tables. He said a computer was fine, but always make at least a rough estimate of the dive so you know if your computer is batshit insane.

The most difficult part for me were the open water dives. They were done off of Avery Point in Groton CT in Febuary. Even the wonder of picking up and studying a lobster with my own hand couldn't change the fact that visibility was about 3 feet and the water was cold enough to drive my testicles to snuggle against my kidneys for warmth.

I hear that. I went in a lake back home in April, and it had been a cold winter. When we dipped under the second thermalcline, it was like diving into ice. Fortunately though, the visibility was actually pretty good once we passed through each thermalcline, though.

[JuNii]

I used to snorkle... never scuba dived...

tho nowdays...

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Well, it was 20 years ago and I was 16, but I don't recall it being a particularly difficult course. The concepts, dangers techniques and skills are all pretty straightforward. Probably the most useful skill they teach that doesn't exactly come alive in a decent book is the use of a nitrogen chart for planning dives. Now they have dive computers for divers to rely(over rely?) on.

Yeah, my instructor was really big on the dive tables. He said a computer was fine, but always make at least a rough estimate of the dive so you know if your computer is batshit insane.

The most difficult part for me were the open water dives. They were done off of Avery Point in Groton CT in Febuary. Even the wonder of picking up and studying a lobster with my own hand couldn't change the fact that visibility was about 3 feet and the water was cold enough to drive my testicles to snuggle against my kidneys for warmth.

I hear that. I went in a lake back home in April, and it had been a cold winter. When we dipped under the second thermalcline, it was like diving into ice. Fortunately though, the visibility was actually pretty good once we passed through each thermalcline, though.

I snorkeled, but I never SCUBAd in a lake.

[Saige Dragon]

I've scuba'd (scubad? scubed?) once, in the Med last year. Super cool shit, octopuses and crazy ass fish everywhere. Getting certified is on my to do list.

[Galloism]

I've scuba'd (scubad? scubed?) once, in the Med last year. Super cool shit, octopuses and crazy ass fish everywhere. Getting certified is on my to do list.

"went scuba diving"

See, SCUBA is not a word. Therefore, it can have no tense.

[Saige Dragon]

I've scuba'd (scubad? scubed?) once, in the Med last year. Super cool shit, octopuses and crazy ass fish everywhere. Getting certified is on my to do list.

"went scuba diving"

See, SCUBA is not a word. Therefore, it can have no tense.

Actually I like scoobed. It's a word now. I scoobed once, in the Med last year. Super cool shit, octopuses and crazy ass fish everywhere. Getting certified is on my to do list. Scoobed. Ha.

I am SCBA certified though, required for that last career I had.

[Galloism]

I've scuba'd (scubad? scubed?) once, in the Med last year. Super cool shit, octopuses and crazy ass fish everywhere. Getting certified is on my to do list.

"went scuba diving"

See, SCUBA is not a word. Therefore, it can have no tense.

Actually I like scoobed. It's a word now. I scoobed once, in the Med last year. Super cool shit, octopuses and crazy ass fish everywhere. Getting certified is on my to do list. Scoobed. Ha.

I am SCBA certified though, required for that last career I had.

*twitch*

[Buffett and Colbert]

I like the sound of scoobed, too! Getting certified for diving is on my to-do list also.

[Galloism]

I like the sound of scoobed, too!

*twitch*

That's it.

[Poliwanacraca]

I live in Missouri. I think that answers the question.

[Sorgan]

I scuba dive. I'm a certified PADI Open Water Diver. It's been a while though, my last scuba diving trip was about 5 years ago in St. Thomas.

I love Scuba Diving/Snorkeling in St.Thomas! Such a wide variety of fish. I found a turtle once. Pretty exciting around that area.

[Sorgan]

I like the sound of scoobed, too!

*twitch*

That's it.

That was a little violent. But kinda cool .Unnecessary but Godly.

[JarVik]

Lots of snokeling but never been scuba diving. Kinda on my to do list but low priority for the moment.
Via snorkeling I've been as deep as 8.3m, but for more practical work 5-6m is probably my limit.

[Gun Manufacturers]

I'd love to get scuba certified, but my problem is saving up the money for the course, mask, snorkel, and fins.

On a somewhat related topic, I already have an 80 C.F. tank (I need to get it inspected, though), but I use that for filling my paintball tanks.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I hear that. I went in a lake back home in April, and it had been a cold winter. When we dipped under the second thermalcline, it was like diving into ice. Fortunately though, the visibility was actually pretty good once we passed through each thermalcline, though.

Hmm... I wonder. Maybe I should arrange it so you can scuba by the coral reefs in Fajardo, when you come over. Either that or go to the west and you can scuba in Boquerón. The reefs and marine life there are fucking awesome!

[Buffett and Colbert]

I hear that. I went in a lake back home in April, and it had been a cold winter. When we dipped under the second thermalcline, it was like diving into ice. Fortunately though, the visibility was actually pretty good once we passed through each thermalcline, though.

Hmm... I wonder. Maybe I should arrange it so you can scuba by the coral reefs in Fajardo, when you come over. Either that or go to the west and you can scuba in Boquerón. The reefs and marine life there are fucking awesome!

Or just ask for me, and I'll get you in Dorado Beach. I do wan't to check out Mona Island though.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I hear that. I went in a lake back home in April, and it had been a cold winter. When we dipped under the second thermalcline, it was like diving into ice. Fortunately though, the visibility was actually pretty good once we passed through each thermalcline, though.

Hmm... I wonder. Maybe I should arrange it so you can scuba by the coral reefs in Fajardo, when you come over. Either that or go to the west and you can scuba in Boquerón. The reefs and marine life there are fucking awesome!

Or just ask for me, and I'll get you in Dorado Beach. I do wan't to check out Mona Island though.

Dorado? Hm... I should consider that option too. The thing is that, one question, is it true the beaches in Dorado are polluted as badly as the ones in Vega Baja?

[Rhalellan]

I am PADI Open Water, PADI Advanced Diving and PADI Rescue Diver certified, but I have not been diving in about a year. While I have a dive computer, I still use tables.

[Vault 10]

Snorkeling, urban style.