Hello From New York

[scubacard24]

Hi Everyone

I am both new to diving and new to scubaboard. I just got certified recently and hope that I can continue along in education and experience. I am currently a college student in Upstate New York and I live near Jamestown, NY. So far I love diving so any comments, advice, ect. about gear, diving spots, and anything else diving is very welcome. Tell me whatever you know.

Thanks,
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[j yaeger]

welcome aboard!!!!!
we are up north on the can. border where there is a lot of diving year around
oswego area has some shore opportunitys-weather permitting!!ie-no snow!
west side of fairhaven is a great get wet spot to get wet
good luck!-keep diving!

 

[seco divemaster17]

hello and welcome to the board, i'm in the hudson valley area and i dive the dalaware river and some of the lakes and ocean areas, so if you are ever in my area and wish to dive give me a call. ok have fun and get wet.

 

[ScubaSam]

Welcome to SB, Scubacard24.

Congratulations on your recent certification. We have a little SB dive group called Dive NY so if you're ever downstate and need dive buddies join one of Dive NY's trips/dives.

We have members from NY, NJ & PA, some strays from TX, VA, UT and IL. One of our upstate members is planning a St. Lawrence Dive NY weekend for the next dive season so you should definitely jump on that one.

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/dive-ny/

 

[ohmdiver]

And I am that member.... So you are near Erie Pa huh? You should look into Osprey Welcome to Osprey Charters, Inc. Discover Lake Erie's Best Kept Secret In Shipwreck Diving and Scenic Cruises. Come on and Dive Into History !! I met one of the captians sounds fun, though I haven't made it there myself.

 

[ohmdiver]

Oh and welcome and join us in Dive NY

 

[k ellis]

welcome to the board. I checked out your profile and will say you dont have to go in to debt severely to enjoy diving. Check out some of the package deals many Dive shops offer and you can save a ton of money.

my advice on gear is that it is real trickey to take advice on gear since each and every diver likes to custom pick each and every piece of his or her equipment so the best advise I can give is rent gear for a while until you get the feel for what you want.

Hope this helps

 

[scubacard24]

Thanks for the messages everyone. The Osprey Charters was great. There is nothing that I know of for SCUBA in the Jamestown area and you'd have to go to Buffalo or Erie to get to dive shops. Its good to know there is somewhere at home that I can try out. Likewise, I hope to bite the bullet here and get gear very soon and I was worried about diving at home. There is nothing for SCUBA and I didn't know if I'd have anywhere to get my tank refilled. This helps a lot. Likewise, Dive NY sounds good too. I'd definetely try to make an effort to get to the St. Lawrence dive. However, my diving will probably be limited because us college students are poor (especially if we go into debt for new gear). Trips over to the westside and Lake Erie are welcome though and if people are interested I would try to help facilitate everything. No matter, I'd still like to know whats going on. Keep the comments coming.

 

[ohmdiver]

Join the Dive NY forum. I am on the west side of Syracuse. We do a lot of diving in the Finger Lakes too. Shouldn't be a really long drive for you. Most of the members of Dive NY are from the NY City area.

Also there is a quarry North of you in Ontario.

AS far as gear goes, look around there is a lot of good used gear around....

 

[floridanewbe]

welcome adoard