city_swimmer
New
Hello,
I'm a new diver from Washington DC. I received my open water diver and dry suit diver certifications simultaneously the last weekend of January, which just so happened to be my 30th birthday weekend!
This Month I also obtained my Nitrox cert, as well as my Advanced open Water diver cert, which I actually just came back from this past weekend.
I'm a brand new diver and so far every single open water dive I've completed has been in sub 50 degree F water in a dry suit! I grew up with an unheated swimming pool in the suburbs of NYC and I went to college in Upstate New York, which acclimated me to frigid conditions. I actually swam in the Chesapeake bay in my bathing suit the last weekend of October, when the water temperature was about 55 degrees F (and yes, I know better than to do that again).
I seem to have all of the most important certifications, and I want to hold off on rescue diver until I have more experience under my belt, so I'm trying to figure out what I want to do next in the hobby. My primary interest is probably in cold water diving, but I'm open to any and all forms of non-technical diving.
One of the aspects of the hobby that attracted me the most were the potential networking opportunities. I work almost entirely remotely and I'm not originally from the DC area, so I've had to really put myself out there to meet new people and make friends. During my dive orientation the instructor told me that she almost never had a predetermined buddy before her dive trips, and has always been able to pair up with someone while on a trip, which sounds incredible.
My LDS runs a Monthly happy hour and book club, which i hope to get involved in. Otherwise, I'm not one hundred percent sure where to go from here but I'm happy to be a new member of the community!
I'm a new diver from Washington DC. I received my open water diver and dry suit diver certifications simultaneously the last weekend of January, which just so happened to be my 30th birthday weekend!
This Month I also obtained my Nitrox cert, as well as my Advanced open Water diver cert, which I actually just came back from this past weekend.
I'm a brand new diver and so far every single open water dive I've completed has been in sub 50 degree F water in a dry suit! I grew up with an unheated swimming pool in the suburbs of NYC and I went to college in Upstate New York, which acclimated me to frigid conditions. I actually swam in the Chesapeake bay in my bathing suit the last weekend of October, when the water temperature was about 55 degrees F (and yes, I know better than to do that again).
I seem to have all of the most important certifications, and I want to hold off on rescue diver until I have more experience under my belt, so I'm trying to figure out what I want to do next in the hobby. My primary interest is probably in cold water diving, but I'm open to any and all forms of non-technical diving.
One of the aspects of the hobby that attracted me the most were the potential networking opportunities. I work almost entirely remotely and I'm not originally from the DC area, so I've had to really put myself out there to meet new people and make friends. During my dive orientation the instructor told me that she almost never had a predetermined buddy before her dive trips, and has always been able to pair up with someone while on a trip, which sounds incredible.
My LDS runs a Monthly happy hour and book club, which i hope to get involved in. Otherwise, I'm not one hundred percent sure where to go from here but I'm happy to be a new member of the community!
