
- Last Activity:
- Apr 15, 2021 at 9:58 PM
- Joined:
- Feb 11, 2010
- Messages:
- 336
- Likes Received:
- 517
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Oct 13, 1975 (Age: 45)
- Home Page:
- http://www.xoc-ha.com
- Location:
- Akumal, MX
- Occupation:
- Full-time circus staff
oya
Rebreather Pilot, Male, 45, from Akumal, MX
I am not a fish. I am a human being! Feb 15, 2016
- oya was last seen:
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About
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Oct 13, 1975 (Age: 45)
- Home Page:
- http://www.xoc-ha.com
- Location:
- Akumal, MX
- Occupation:
- Full-time circus staff
- Gender:
- Male
- Certification Agencies:
- PADI, NAUI, SDI, TDI, IANTD, NSS-CDS, NACD
- Dive History:
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I started by doing PADI's DSD program. Twice. Then I actually got certified, doing my checkout dives in Mexico. Started diving in a crappy Virginia rock quarry. "To keep my skills up," I thought. Then I started racking up dozens upon dozens of dives in that cold-ass water.
Got Cavern certified in North Florida before moving back to my home of New Jersey which is where the fun really started. Started strapping on doubles and deco bottles and getting some quality bottom time in. Naturally, I had to go back down to Florida to go for Full Cave, as well.
I moved to Hawaii as a dive instructor, having decided that working to fund a dive addiction is stupid, so I quit my day job and made diving my day job. Things are better that way.
Then I moved back to New York to work as an Aquarium Dive Safety Officer.
Then we left New York again and moved to Mexico. My wife and I run a BnB for cave divers and I'm back to teaching full-time.
- Certification History:
- I have lots of cards.
- Certification Level:
- Instructor at Cave, CCR, Trimix level
- # of Logged Dives:
- 2,500 - 4,999
- Dive Classification:
- Scuba Industry Professional
- Years Certified:
- Ten Or More Years
- Dive Equipment:
-
Too much.
Oh, who am I kidding. There's never too much.
- Rebreather Type:
- Megalodon
- Rebreather Experience:
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- Kiss
- Megalodon
- SF2
- Diving Rebreathers Since:
- 2008
For a long time I didn't think about diving much. It was something that people did, out there, in the ether... or, I suppose, under the water. But it wasn't something I did or was to do.
Then I tried diving. Then I tried it again. Then I got certified.
There is a difference between people who are certified and divers and I reckon if you're on this messageboard, you're a diver.
So am I.Interact
- AIM:
- rogtheoya