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Way to go! Sometimes, I wish I was starting all over but teaching helps me experience it firsthand with my students!!!
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The Chairman
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Very cool... milestones are as much a part of diving as getting certified. Always feel welcome to share your joy in diving: that's why we're here!
BTW, when you get ready to do some "real" diving, the pool's open here in Key Largo year 'round! ^.^ (Getting ready for some flames after that... )
BTW, when you get ready to do some "real" diving, the pool's open here in Key Largo year 'round! ^.^ (Getting ready for some flames after that... )
The Chairman
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Congrats on the milestone!
I hope to pass one of my own soon, and it looks like it may happen in Glouchester in a couple of weeks. If not it will have to wait until Feb and Oz.
Not that milestone dives are all that important in themselves, but they do help you mark your progress. My own milestone will remain a bit fudged, as I never logged a dive for the first @20 years, through two periods of being dry, and restarting the sport. I can only hazard a rough estimate of dives during those years, but I have logged religiously since I finally decided that doing so had value to me, sometime in the mid 90's.
This Glouchester dive in two weeks will be my first return to the cold MA Atlantic waters since my youth. Diving in your waters makes for some damned good divers, as diving up there is not easy peasy warm water diving, and diver who learn in such waters tend to learn well or quit early!
I hope to pass one of my own soon, and it looks like it may happen in Glouchester in a couple of weeks. If not it will have to wait until Feb and Oz.
Not that milestone dives are all that important in themselves, but they do help you mark your progress. My own milestone will remain a bit fudged, as I never logged a dive for the first @20 years, through two periods of being dry, and restarting the sport. I can only hazard a rough estimate of dives during those years, but I have logged religiously since I finally decided that doing so had value to me, sometime in the mid 90's.
This Glouchester dive in two weeks will be my first return to the cold MA Atlantic waters since my youth. Diving in your waters makes for some damned good divers, as diving up there is not easy peasy warm water diving, and diver who learn in such waters tend to learn well or quit early!
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Yeah, in July I did a dive at Back Beach in Rockport in my shorty. Air temp. was 90 and water temp. 57.
freewillie
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With apologies to Allen Iverson, "paradise, we're talking paradise!". It's a little like comparing lush tropical forest to a desert. Both have their inherent beauty. For most people they will drool and salivate over tropical Hawaii. But one can find stunning beauty in a stark environment like a desert.
Warm water tropical diving is generally my preference. Thinner wetsuits or better yet rash guards and board shorts. But, I still get a thrill full exposure gear and diving a kelp forest. There is something just awe inspiring floating through kelp, seeing the sunlight through the water, schools fis, finding nudbranchs and other small creatures in the rocks.
Not tropical, but one can say paradise in its own right. Especially since I can just drive down the freeway instead flying on airplane!!
Congratulations on the milestone. New England has some great diving especially in winter when visibility is much improved. September is also a great month for diving. Water is still very warm and will be until October. After that, air temps become a problem.
Not sure if you dive dry yet but once you do, diving in New England becomes a year around activity. Actually, I know a few people that dive year around in a wetsuit.
EDIT: Saw that you have a drysuit. The good news is your dive season is effectively year round and your dive count will continue to climb
I see this a lot. It used to bother me a little but now I mostly just ignore it. People diving for a few years and claim to have "1000 dives" or someone diving for 5-10 years that has "5000 dives". It's very hard to hit anywhere closer to those numbers unless you're diving every day with multiple dives. I always try to do the math in my head and it almost never adds up. Some people just exaggerate or over estimate their dive count.
Not sure if you dive dry yet but once you do, diving in New England becomes a year around activity. Actually, I know a few people that dive year around in a wetsuit.
EDIT: Saw that you have a drysuit. The good news is your dive season is effectively year round and your dive count will continue to climb
I see this a lot. It used to bother me a little but now I mostly just ignore it. People diving for a few years and claim to have "1000 dives" or someone diving for 5-10 years that has "5000 dives". It's very hard to hit anywhere closer to those numbers unless you're diving every day with multiple dives. I always try to do the math in my head and it almost never adds up. Some people just exaggerate or over estimate their dive count.
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The Chairman
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The ocean is 200 yds away to the south or a quarter mile to the north. The dive boats are less than five minutes away. Welcome to my backyard! We're the un-cola nut of diving destinations. The price of success is never too sweet!Not tropical, but one can say paradise in its own right. Especially since I can just drive down the freeway instead flying on airplane!!
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