scubafool
Contributor
The idea for this thread popped into my head today while I was underneath my little truck swearing at rusted bolts on the muffler. At least my truck sounds civilized again.
Anyway, I remember how it was when I first started diving, trying to find buddies to dive with, setting up dives only for the new buddy to pull a no show/no call, being buddied up with divers with unsafe attitudes, etc. So I thought it would be useful to have a thread with standing offers to dive with newer divers here in our area.
Mod note: I've Stickied this thread now so we don't need to bump it anymore.
If you would like to be added to the list, please add the following three things only to a post and I will update the master list here in Post #1. You must follow the format or you won't be added
All discussions and questions should be posted in alternative threads as this one is only for the list!
Want to find a buddy to dive with? Simply PM the member using their supplied ScubaBoard name - have fun!
Thanks! alcina
Post only these three things to be added to the master list:
scubaboard name
location
days of the week available
Here's a quick reference list:
1 - scubafool
Central Florida, will dive at Alexander Springs
Some Saturdays, most Sundays
2 - wysmar
Southeast Florida
Weekends and some weeknights
3 - Dive-Aholic
Northwest Florida
Weekdays & weekends
4 - Richesb
Florida Keys
5 - Marvel
Lauderdale by the Sea
Weekends
6 - Bad-Andy
West Palm Beach to the Keys
Weekdays
7 - aowdan
Key West
Weekends
8 - jeandiver
North Central Florida
9 - OBXDIVEGUY
Deerfield Beach
10 - eandiver
Tampa
weekends
11 - Carla J
Tampa
12 - Trwmodela
Ft. Myers
Anytime
13 - Scubakevdm
Boynton Beach
Weekdays
14 - MPR
North Florida and South Alabama
Weekdays
15 - MoteMan
Sarasota
Weekends
16 - SuPrBuGmAn
South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle
17 - Missdirected
Greater Tampa Bay Area
most days and weekends
18 - ChillyWilly
Southeast Florida
Nights and weekends
19 - divergirl4u
Deerfield Beach
Any time Any place
20 - DebbyDiver
Broward County...beach diving day or night, and kayak diving
Saturday mornings, Thursday nights, flexible for other times
21 - Nereus
Central Florida (High Springs - Venice - West Palm)
Weekends
22 - naturewalker36
Saint Cloud/ Orlando
weekends and will car pool if needed
23 - Deepstops
Key Largo to Jupiter
Boat diving - anytime by provided it's scheduled
24 - Moteman
Sarasota area (florida west central)
most weekends
25 - hectorj84
Pembroke Pines, Florida
every day
26 - stingraycam
south florida
mostly weekends but can be occasionally on weekday
27 - divedude1962 (secret identity: Darrell)
West of Orlando (true location of the lair: Clermont)
weekends
28 - Scuba_allen
Deltona & south or west; Blue Springs; Alexander springs.
middle of the week, esp. mondays and thursdays.
29 - Fitparrish
Tampa
usually weekends only
30 - hansonian
tampa bay
weekends
31- psldivebum
Port Saint Lucie to Fort Lauderdale
Weekends need 2 days notice
32 - PerroneFord
Tallahassee
Weekends or evening dives near Tallahassee
33 - 427Dave
Central Florida, The Villages
Most days and weekends within driving range. Close to Alexander Springs.
34 - dlscozz
Fort Myers area, Edison Reef area, Beach dives in Venice
Off every other Fri Sat Sun and off at least two weekdays every week
35- solensdotter
Southeast Florida
nights & weekends.
36 - divedivedivecfl
Live in Clermont... work in Orlando
2 out of 3 days... depends on schedule at the firehouse
37 - dawetterdabetter
Broward -
work nights so I can dive anytime! PM me!
38 - bdrannik
Tampa to Port Charlotte, +/- 30 miles.
Schedule variable - send PM
39 - PCBCaptChris
PCB, FL
Weekends
40 - 8buck
springhill/brooksville
usually available-weeknights/weekends
41- dna2
Central Florida
Weekday mornings
42 - Bratface
Key West
Weekends
43 - BUSTERDIVE
Alexander Springs or Paradise Springs
Most sats, and sundays
44 - cmufieldhockey
NW Florida (Pensacola)
some weekdays, most weekends
45 - Orlando Eric
East Coast (Jupiter to FTL)
Varied scheledule
46 - Zardoz
Tampa
Weekends
47 - nike2196
Fort Lauderdale
Day time, any day
48 - Sigourneya
Plantation
Anytime, Anywhere
49 -Stangd1909
Sarasota
some weekdays, and every other weekend
50 - ucfdiver
Orlando, FL
MWF after 1:30, Tu/Thur after 6pm, most any weekend. Day or night dives.
51 - sglake
North Port , Sarasota , Venice
Weekends
52 - FLBubblehead
Ft. Lauderdale
Most Weekends
53 - Lady_Red_Scuba
Pensacola to Panama City
Weekends
54 - Shcubasteve
Port st lucie
Need 4-5 days notice.
55 - HawkCane
West Palm to Keys (Miami resident)
Weekends, Weekday Nights, Wednesday night dives in Miami
56 - beathen
North Central Florida
Fridays & Saturdays - all day; Mon, Wed, Thurs - mornings only
57 - Jimdiverman
Gulf Coast, North and Central Florida, East Texas
Weekends and events
58 - deepwoodsports
Ft Lauderdale and south
flexible and have boat
59 - Faris427
Central/Gainesville
Sunday and Mondays
60 - TMet
Clearwater/St. Pete
Weekends
61 - chriskinney18
clearwater will dive the golf and east coast
all weekends and holidays
62 - Capt Jim Wyatt
High Springs area
caverns & caves only
63 - floridascuba
venice,florida
weekends are best unless advance notice
64 - dmoore1974
Tallahassee
Weekends two day notice
65 - CheriK
Leesburg
Anytime
66 - Stairman
North Florida [cave]
Friday,Saturday,Sunday
67 - tattat
Northeast FL (Jax)
weekends & holidays mainly, weekdays pending schedule
68 - aatyler
Tampa
Weekends unless I can get advance notice
69 - sadie199
Tampa/Bradenton
Mostly weekends
70 - Dive Turkey
Northeast Fl. JAX
weekends
71 - soamelt
Palm Beach/Broward
Weekends
72 - Sonet
SE Florida Broward County
Thurs, Fri & Sat
73 - Selrahc
Central Florida
Weekends, Weekdays Schedule Pending
74 - VFR750f
Homestead, Fl - Will dive the Keys
Boat dives, Saturdays, Weekdays only with confirmed itinerary.
75 - orlandoscuba
Central Florida
Tuesday, Wednesday Anytime, Early morning or night dives any other time.
76 - Insert Catchy Name (Joe)
Bradenton/Sarasota/West Coast
Weekends.
77 - kacuf93
Central Florida (Orlando based)
Weekends, maybe a few weekday evenings
78- Rickelpickel
Venice to Boca Grande
Some Saturdays most Sundays
79 - I Dive
St Pete/Clearwater area
Weekends, maybe a few weekday evenings, occasional weekday afternoon with notice
80 - cyberfed
Central FL/Orlando area
most weekends
81 - Divebelly
West Palm Beach
Weekends
82 - Disneydiver
Orlando/Davenport
anytime,anywhere just let me know in advance
83 - Diverdanfowler
Central Fl
Sat and Sun springs/ Frequent trips to WPB area
84 - ness16
southwest Miami
nights & weekends
85- CMOST
Bradenton, Florida
Weekends & Evenings
86 - Manda100
New Port Richey
Wednesdays and weekends
87 - Down4fun
Ft Lauderdale
weekends mostly
Anyway, I remember how it was when I first started diving, trying to find buddies to dive with, setting up dives only for the new buddy to pull a no show/no call, being buddied up with divers with unsafe attitudes, etc. So I thought it would be useful to have a thread with standing offers to dive with newer divers here in our area.
Mod note: I've Stickied this thread now so we don't need to bump it anymore.
If you would like to be added to the list, please add the following three things only to a post and I will update the master list here in Post #1. You must follow the format or you won't be added
All discussions and questions should be posted in alternative threads as this one is only for the list!
Want to find a buddy to dive with? Simply PM the member using their supplied ScubaBoard name - have fun!
Thanks! alcina
Post only these three things to be added to the master list:
scubaboard name
location
days of the week available
Here's a quick reference list:
1 - scubafool
Central Florida, will dive at Alexander Springs
Some Saturdays, most Sundays
2 - wysmar
Southeast Florida
Weekends and some weeknights
3 - Dive-Aholic
Northwest Florida
Weekdays & weekends
4 - Richesb
Florida Keys
5 - Marvel
Lauderdale by the Sea
Weekends
6 - Bad-Andy
West Palm Beach to the Keys
Weekdays
7 - aowdan
Key West
Weekends
8 - jeandiver
North Central Florida
9 - OBXDIVEGUY
Deerfield Beach
10 - eandiver
Tampa
weekends
11 - Carla J
Tampa
12 - Trwmodela
Ft. Myers
Anytime
13 - Scubakevdm
Boynton Beach
Weekdays
14 - MPR
North Florida and South Alabama
Weekdays
15 - MoteMan
Sarasota
Weekends
16 - SuPrBuGmAn
South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle
17 - Missdirected
Greater Tampa Bay Area
most days and weekends
18 - ChillyWilly
Southeast Florida
Nights and weekends
19 - divergirl4u
Deerfield Beach
Any time Any place
20 - DebbyDiver
Broward County...beach diving day or night, and kayak diving
Saturday mornings, Thursday nights, flexible for other times
21 - Nereus
Central Florida (High Springs - Venice - West Palm)
Weekends
22 - naturewalker36
Saint Cloud/ Orlando
weekends and will car pool if needed
23 - Deepstops
Key Largo to Jupiter
Boat diving - anytime by provided it's scheduled
24 - Moteman
Sarasota area (florida west central)
most weekends
25 - hectorj84
Pembroke Pines, Florida
every day
26 - stingraycam
south florida
mostly weekends but can be occasionally on weekday
27 - divedude1962 (secret identity: Darrell)
West of Orlando (true location of the lair: Clermont)
weekends
28 - Scuba_allen
Deltona & south or west; Blue Springs; Alexander springs.
middle of the week, esp. mondays and thursdays.
29 - Fitparrish
Tampa
usually weekends only
30 - hansonian
tampa bay
weekends
31- psldivebum
Port Saint Lucie to Fort Lauderdale
Weekends need 2 days notice
32 - PerroneFord
Tallahassee
Weekends or evening dives near Tallahassee
33 - 427Dave
Central Florida, The Villages
Most days and weekends within driving range. Close to Alexander Springs.
34 - dlscozz
Fort Myers area, Edison Reef area, Beach dives in Venice
Off every other Fri Sat Sun and off at least two weekdays every week
35- solensdotter
Southeast Florida
nights & weekends.
36 - divedivedivecfl
Live in Clermont... work in Orlando
2 out of 3 days... depends on schedule at the firehouse
37 - dawetterdabetter
Broward -
work nights so I can dive anytime! PM me!
38 - bdrannik
Tampa to Port Charlotte, +/- 30 miles.
Schedule variable - send PM
39 - PCBCaptChris
PCB, FL
Weekends
40 - 8buck
springhill/brooksville
usually available-weeknights/weekends
41- dna2
Central Florida
Weekday mornings
42 - Bratface
Key West
Weekends
43 - BUSTERDIVE
Alexander Springs or Paradise Springs
Most sats, and sundays
44 - cmufieldhockey
NW Florida (Pensacola)
some weekdays, most weekends
45 - Orlando Eric
East Coast (Jupiter to FTL)
Varied scheledule
46 - Zardoz
Tampa
Weekends
47 - nike2196
Fort Lauderdale
Day time, any day
48 - Sigourneya
Plantation
Anytime, Anywhere
49 -Stangd1909
Sarasota
some weekdays, and every other weekend
50 - ucfdiver
Orlando, FL
MWF after 1:30, Tu/Thur after 6pm, most any weekend. Day or night dives.
51 - sglake
North Port , Sarasota , Venice
Weekends
52 - FLBubblehead
Ft. Lauderdale
Most Weekends
53 - Lady_Red_Scuba
Pensacola to Panama City
Weekends
54 - Shcubasteve
Port st lucie
Need 4-5 days notice.
55 - HawkCane
West Palm to Keys (Miami resident)
Weekends, Weekday Nights, Wednesday night dives in Miami
56 - beathen
North Central Florida
Fridays & Saturdays - all day; Mon, Wed, Thurs - mornings only
57 - Jimdiverman
Gulf Coast, North and Central Florida, East Texas
Weekends and events
58 - deepwoodsports
Ft Lauderdale and south
flexible and have boat
59 - Faris427
Central/Gainesville
Sunday and Mondays
60 - TMet
Clearwater/St. Pete
Weekends
61 - chriskinney18
clearwater will dive the golf and east coast
all weekends and holidays
62 - Capt Jim Wyatt
High Springs area
caverns & caves only
63 - floridascuba
venice,florida
weekends are best unless advance notice
64 - dmoore1974
Tallahassee
Weekends two day notice
65 - CheriK
Leesburg
Anytime
66 - Stairman
North Florida [cave]
Friday,Saturday,Sunday
67 - tattat
Northeast FL (Jax)
weekends & holidays mainly, weekdays pending schedule
68 - aatyler
Tampa
Weekends unless I can get advance notice
69 - sadie199
Tampa/Bradenton
Mostly weekends
70 - Dive Turkey
Northeast Fl. JAX
weekends
71 - soamelt
Palm Beach/Broward
Weekends
72 - Sonet
SE Florida Broward County
Thurs, Fri & Sat
73 - Selrahc
Central Florida
Weekends, Weekdays Schedule Pending
74 - VFR750f
Homestead, Fl - Will dive the Keys
Boat dives, Saturdays, Weekdays only with confirmed itinerary.
75 - orlandoscuba
Central Florida
Tuesday, Wednesday Anytime, Early morning or night dives any other time.
76 - Insert Catchy Name (Joe)
Bradenton/Sarasota/West Coast
Weekends.
77 - kacuf93
Central Florida (Orlando based)
Weekends, maybe a few weekday evenings
78- Rickelpickel
Venice to Boca Grande
Some Saturdays most Sundays
79 - I Dive
St Pete/Clearwater area
Weekends, maybe a few weekday evenings, occasional weekday afternoon with notice
80 - cyberfed
Central FL/Orlando area
most weekends
81 - Divebelly
West Palm Beach
Weekends
82 - Disneydiver
Orlando/Davenport
anytime,anywhere just let me know in advance
83 - Diverdanfowler
Central Fl
Sat and Sun springs/ Frequent trips to WPB area
84 - ness16
southwest Miami
nights & weekends
85- CMOST
Bradenton, Florida
Weekends & Evenings
86 - Manda100
New Port Richey
Wednesdays and weekends
87 - Down4fun
Ft Lauderdale
weekends mostly
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