Would You Move Just So You Could Dive?

[Lopez116]

I'm curious as to what others think and/or may have done...would you move to a location just so you could dive where you want to dive? What would your limits be? Would you re-locate your job and family? Would you change careers altogether? Take a pay cut? Leave some of the so-called "finer things" in life behind??


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[Kevrumbo]

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[ckilo3]

Yes, if I could find work in my profession as a Quality Engineer. I would relocate at a moment's notice.

 

[AfterDark]

I DON'T move so I can dive. RI is the Ocean state after all. I'm 1/2 hour from the ocean.

 

[chrpai]

I'm grateful for what I have, but I'd love to be somewhere with great diving. I don't of course because 1) great salary and cost of living in Texas 2) kids have 10 years of school left 3) wife doesn't want to move.

One day I hope.

 

[RickyF]

I moved from Virginia to Hawaii partly because of the diving. The job opportunity was in Hawaii, but the cost of living is much higher. I left most of my family back there.

 

[TheTrickster]

Yes, I would... I'm only 45mins away from my local diving spots and i'm actually thinking of getting closer!

 

[robint]

That is a tough one... I would think of purchasing a house somewhere we love to dive, but only LIVE there about 1/2 the year.
I have so many other activities that I do here, like hiking in the mountains weekly, I am within 7 hours of the Grand Canyon, Utah parks, and then there is college football games which I attend like religion in fall.

 

[Diver Beth]

Once my kids are all out of the house (6 years 'til the last one gone), my husband & I would relocate if it's financially possible. I've joked that I wouldn't care if I had to sell coconuts on the side of the road to earn money, I'd do it just to be able to dive every day!

 

[Hank49]

I didn't relocate to the tropical ocean to dive. But I did relocate to be near the tropical ocean and I started diving after a number of years. Luckily at a young age I got into aquaculture and quickly realized that working in that field would keep me in the tropics near clean water. I was hoping water with good surf but you can't have everything. Surfing morphed into diving and then free dive spearfishing.
It is hard on families though. Life is like a boat.....Everything is give and take.