drdaddy
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About drdaddy

Biography:

Fifth Generation Oregonian. Graduated in "Earth Science" in 1974, and did research in Oceanography. Traveled the World, but came back to Oregon for graduate school and met my sweet wife (married 29 years +). Changed life direction and earned doctorate in Clinical Psychology. We have a daughter (MD, married and little girl) and a son (PADI Instructor). My children called me "drdaddy" when they were little.

Location:

Oregon

Interests:

Scuba Diving, Deep Sea Fishing, Traveling to help family, and medical relief work.

Occupation:

Clinical Psychologist

Gender:

Male

Certification Agencies:

PADI

Dive History:

I mostly dive in Oregon. The Newport/Southbeach Yaquina Bay South Jetty has 5 fingers and is full of rockfish, perch, lingcod, and crabs. I love to hunt/spear and gather (dungeness crabs). When we travel I will try to dive. My favorite travel dive spot is Eilat on the Israel Red Sea. It is the Northern most coral sea in the World. When I took my son there, he came up and said, "Daddy, It's a hundred times better than I expected." He became a PADI Instructor there and stayed for about 700 dives. --- We also love to dive the Puget Sound area of Washington, especially the Hood Canal. --- Last summer I was diving in Japan! We have been hoping to do medical relief work in Thailand this summer (and diving with Marcia at Gekko Divers), but alas, we'll be in New Mexico instead.

Certification History:

We did our PADI Open Water and Advanced through Eugene Skin Divers Supply (they are great). Also have done Deep, High Altitude, Nitrox, and other specialties as well. I am a Rescue Diver which includes First Aid and CPR.

Certification Level:

Rescue Diving, Son is PADI Instructor.

# of Logged Dives:

200 - 499

Dive Classification:

Experienced Diver

Years Certified:

Six - Ten Years

Dive Equipment:

I love my "jacket BCD"! SeaQuest Pro-QD BCD, pony mounted on the tank, older Sherwood Oasis Reg, well worn/jetty tested 7mm O'Neil farmer johns, Apollo Bio-Fins, steel hp/3442 80s and 100s. And plenty of assorted and backup equipment.