What motivates us to dive the way we do?

Some dive caves to explore the unknown and see what no one else has seen before. Some dive wrecks for treasure or for historical reasons. Some dive deep to get to sites that interest them other to push the limits. Some of us just dive to look at the fish or take photos. There are some who dive to perform a specific task, repairing something or recovering objects. Others just because they enjoy diving and being in the environment no mater what there doing.

I tried diving because it interested me and sounded like fun. I continue to dive because it’s an outlet from the world. It’s the most calming, relaxing thing I’ve ever done. I would prefer all my dives to be in clear warm water with lots to see and experience but I’m just as happy in no vis and 10’ of water just hovering. It relives the stress of day to day life to get out on a weekend and dive. No worries, no schedules, no phones and no customers with complex computer problems.

I train so I can be more relaxed and calm. The better diver I am the more easer it will be to relax, kickback and enjoy the dive for what I intend it for which is to relax. I intend to work my way to Instructor level not so much to teach but as a way to offset diving expenses. I also aspire to become an extended range diver capable of making simple deco dives w/accelerated deco using Nitrox. Why? So I can stay longer in the environment and extend the feeling I receive while diving not because I want to dive deep or technical dives but just so I can stay longer at rec depths.

Now my second question is: Are your motivations dangerous or risky?

I just like to see things I've never seen and places I've never been. Some of them just happen to be underwater.

I agree with you that it is the most relaxing thing I have ever done. My reasons are definitely not risky or dangerous. I enjoy the diving, but I enjoy the life topside as well.

my reasons are about as risky as getting out of bed in the morning. I have pushed the envelope (i.e. went too deep, stayed too long) but that kind of thing doesn't interest me anymore; sort of a 'been there, done that' mentality.

I dive to see new things, to be immersed in a totaly different environment. To see creatures that could not exist on land.

oh and the near weightlessness is cool too.

I dive because I like scallops, crabs, lobsters.

Plus, there's all that sunlen treasure!

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I intend to work my way to Instructor level not so much to teach but as a way to offset diving expenses.

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As you can see, I am an instructor and what I would like to add is not totally without merit, and certainly there will be other opinions expressed, but it may never be a break even situation.

I must say I have only ever taught in the after work hours, and there are years where I had half a douzen classes, but there was never a time when it was so profitable that it was even noticable. It is alot of work and I don't regret a single second of any class but you better be doing it for the love of it because it is not part time profitable.

I can't really explain it in any other terms than that. I just love it.

I want to do everything that I can in regards to diving. I want to learn all that I can about it, as well as keep progressing and challenging myself. I don't dive because I want to see pretty fish, or because I must dive deep, for example.

I dive in no viz, just to help clean the lake, to do some skills, etc. I have no particular area of interest that I only do, when it comes to diving.

I want to do it all, and I love it passionately. To the point where now I am commonly referred to as: (with pointed fingers, and hushed voices) "that dive fanatic" by everyone. LOL

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Diversauras,

Your right and that is a concern as to my motives about becoming an instructor. It's true that I wouldn't be doing it because I want to teach. I know it's not the most noble motive for an instructor cert.

I wouldn't approach it as a way to make extra money to live on either. It costs to become an instructor for training, insurance and not to mention all the extra eq that instructors normally have. At some point I want a dry suit, doubles and stage bottles which wont be cheap and my thought is that I could help pay for the training and gear by instructing. By working for a shop I may get to DM for escorted trips which the shop would pay for my way which is another perk of the cert.

I've spent most of my life doing things on or near the water whenever and wherever I could. I finally decided to see what was under it instead of always being on top.

The joy of being on the water now includes being under it.

because I can fly!

when I'm under water, its like being superman, go up, go down, left, right, its 3D, not restricted to ground.

To float in 30' of water with 10' vis gives you that suspended flying/relax feeling, just you, and dive buddy, and blue, just suspended... look up, blue, down, blue, left, blue, you get the picture, to just trip out and float staring at yoru fins realizing your suspended above the ground... trippy baby... trippy....