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Dalonious, you are a scuba dork...deal with it!
I know that "boat diving" gets a lot of chuckles, BUT, if you set your own objectives you can learn quite a bit! For example, visual line-ups, GPS for sites, talk to captains in the community about ocean conditions and how to read the water for deciding where to choose the days site for a given group of divers. Also, I learned to call the Atlantis submarine for current updates. Nobody volunteers any of this stuff, you have to go ask the right people. Even a lot of the boat logistics...there is actually more to it than parking your butt on the bench and bringing an unobtrusive dive bag! Sure, you have to think like a local not like you just got off the plane and all you have to do is sit correctly and remember to tip. ...whew...so, NO MORE JOKES about my boat diving specialty!
I know that "boat diving" gets a lot of chuckles, BUT, if you set your own objectives you can learn quite a bit! For example, visual line-ups, GPS for sites, talk to captains in the community about ocean conditions and how to read the water for deciding where to choose the days site for a given group of divers. Also, I learned to call the Atlantis submarine for current updates. Nobody volunteers any of this stuff, you have to go ask the right people. Even a lot of the boat logistics...there is actually more to it than parking your butt on the bench and bringing an unobtrusive dive bag! Sure, you have to think like a local not like you just got off the plane and all you have to do is sit correctly and remember to tip. ...whew...so, NO MORE JOKES about my boat diving specialty!