Just Got My Certification

[Neilwood]

Well come to Scuba Addicts - here we have a twelve stage plan..... wait a moment, no one wants to quit

Get out diving, enjoy yourself and see the part of the world than 90% of folk never get to see.

 

[Saniflush]

Congrats and welcome to the addiction

 

[pepperbelly]

Clear Springs was the place. Stormy this morning but great after they decided to move on.

How was the vis?

 

[Clark Fletcher]

Congratulations. I too have recently certified. I originally certified in 1979. Lost my card many years ago and PADI doesn't keep records back that far. So, I started over completely. Much more challenging at 59 years old than it was at 21.

Now, to quote Dive Buddy, get off the computer and go diving!

 

[nolatom]

Welcome back. I started at 49, a couple of decades ago.

Once you have a few dives done, try a liveaboard trip out of Freeport, to the Flower Garden and Stetson marine sanctuaries. As a Texan, you should patronize the "Texas Caribbean".
Lots of diving, at half the price of the "high-priced-spread" ;-)

 

[iamrushman]

howdy, welcome and Congratulations!

 

[pepperbelly]

Welcome back. I started at 49, a couple of decades ago.

Once you have a few dives done, try a liveaboard trip out of Freeport, to the Flower Garden and Stetson marine sanctuaries. As a Texan, you should patronize the "Texas Caribbean".
Lots of diving, at half the price of the "high-priced-spread" ;-)

Those are what are called "big boy" dives. He needs more than a few dives and at least an AOW certification. A basic OW cert doesn't cover what he will need to know.
Those are a trip I want to take.
FWIW I was originally certified in '76 through PADI. They do have records going that far back, but the old certs aren't on computer yet. I think they had to go through a warehouse but they found mine. I still took a refresher after a long layoff from diving and recently completed my AOW through NAUI.
We don't have a lot of good diving here in Texas but there is some. It really depends on how far you are willing to drive.

 

[nolatom]

They can definitely be "big boy" dives. But in late summer, the odds favor the newbies more, less current, warm water, and fewer weather blowouts.

I did it not long after cert. I believe it was my seventh post-cert dive when I jumped in, way offshore. Labor Day weekend. Calm as glass, hot, out of cell phone range, wonderful. Beautiful coral and critters, and a magical night dive at Stetson.

 

[Prostardiver]

Welcome to the pond. Enjoy!!!

 

[pepperbelly]

They can definitely be "big boy" dives. But in late summer, the odds favor the newbies more, less current, warm water, and fewer weather blowouts.

I did it not long after cert. I believe it was my seventh post-cert dive when I jumped in, way offshore. Labor Day weekend. Calm as glass, hot, out of cell phone range, wonderful. Beautiful coral and critters, and a magical night dive at Stetson.

I think you just helped me decide on when I may try to go.