The Cost of Diving

[wetman]

Has anyone actually figured out what their diving costs on a per-dive basis?

Considering things like gear, classes, air, trips, and other peripheral costs like food and lodging for weekenders etc.

I'd hate to think what my per dive costs are as i'm a total gear junky. Maybe its better left unthought of.

steve

 

[Cave Diver]

I dont know about a per dive cost, but I did sit down one day and start tallying up how much $$ I had spent in training, gear, travel, etc. since I started diving.

I quit counting after I crossed about $20k. Once I realized how much money I actually had invested in this "hobby" I decided I really didnt want to know.

I think it could be one of those "mastercard moments."

Dive Equipment: $8,000
Dive Trips and Training: $12,000

Floating weightlessly above a wreck at 200'...

PRICELESS!

 

[JeffAustin]

Cave Diver once bubbled...
Once I realized how much money I actually had invested in this "hobby" I decided I really didnt want to know.

At this point, I don't really want to know, either.

It could be incriminating!

 

[Arnaud]

If my wife ever finds out...

:boom:

 

[DA Aquamaster]

Probably $10,000 in equipment for me and my spouse, then there is the dive boat, the slip fees, the insurance .....But on the plus side membership in our airclub is $50.00 per yr per family, so air for a hundred or so dives each per year is about .40 a dive and that's the number I use to prove to my wife that it is a cheap hobby.

 

[Dr. Jay]

wetman once bubbled...
Has anyone actually figured out what their diving costs on a per-dive basis?

Yep.

Matt and I had this same thing going before. Last I checked I was somewhere in the $100 range (I'm probably lower, now) on a per-dive basis. That only includes equipment purchases, and not charter fees, entrance fees, etc. Definately could drive a man to drink.

 

[MonkSeal]

Arnaud once bubbled...
If my wife ever finds out...

:boom:

I found the solution: I sent her for OW training and everything was solved.

 

[wetman]

Dr. Jay once bubbled...
.... Definately could drive a man to drink. [/B]

Only if there is money left for that.

steve

 

[Diversauras]

wetman once bubbled...
Has anyone actually figured out what their diving costs on a per-dive basis?

steve

Take your annual income, deduct living expenses, divide the remainder by the number of dives in a season...

Actually I guess I will never be able to compute this. If there is money left at the end of the month then there is new equipment or another trip to go diving.

 

[metaldector]

Diving is life. The cost be Damned!:mean: