CAPTAIN SINBAD
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Scubaboard: I have received a job-offer which will allow me to work from home. It involves a fair amount of travel but most of the time my home will be my office. As I am negotiating terms of contract, I was looking at a place to move to where living costs (especially home prices) will be low and I will have direct access to great diving. I have been land-locked most of my life so for once I would like to live close to the ocean.
The two states that come to mind are Florida and Washington. They are both tempting in their own way. Washington has Puget Sound which has intrigued me for quite a while now. Some of the pictures people put on these forums make it a must go dive place for me. It also puts you closer to Browning Pass and Alaska and these two far away dive destinations become more accessible if you are living in Washington area. I do not know if any places in the Asia Pacific become as cheaper to travel to as the Caribbean.
Florida is tempting because
It is FLORIDA the biggest coastline in entire mainland USA! Great ocean diving and lots of caves too. I am not a cave diver yet but I know if I was in Florida then I would be one. Furthermore the diving community there is so much larger than Washington so your diving social circle grows more. Florida does not bring far away exotic dive destinations any closer but Caribbean diving becomes more accessible.
As a diver choosing between Florida and Washington State seems to be a really nice dilemma to have. I really do not define good diving as warm water diving so where should I move? Any area or city specific advice will be greatly appreciated. Any and all suggestions welcome.
The two states that come to mind are Florida and Washington. They are both tempting in their own way. Washington has Puget Sound which has intrigued me for quite a while now. Some of the pictures people put on these forums make it a must go dive place for me. It also puts you closer to Browning Pass and Alaska and these two far away dive destinations become more accessible if you are living in Washington area. I do not know if any places in the Asia Pacific become as cheaper to travel to as the Caribbean.
Florida is tempting because
It is FLORIDA the biggest coastline in entire mainland USA! Great ocean diving and lots of caves too. I am not a cave diver yet but I know if I was in Florida then I would be one. Furthermore the diving community there is so much larger than Washington so your diving social circle grows more. Florida does not bring far away exotic dive destinations any closer but Caribbean diving becomes more accessible.
As a diver choosing between Florida and Washington State seems to be a really nice dilemma to have. I really do not define good diving as warm water diving so where should I move? Any area or city specific advice will be greatly appreciated. Any and all suggestions welcome.