OW at 55!

[Jacobyz]

70, here, and still going strong as mentor/dive master to third generation of family divers. Best news......now have “caddies” for all gear!!

 

[Evolve40]

Did OW at 57 and the guy taking it with me is 70. He and I both are doing Advanced next weekend.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

I am 74, and started diving in 1959 (you can do the age calc). I'm still diving, but due to COVID19-19 and no lifeguards at my dive site this year (they couldn't do the training necessary), I've stopped solo diving until probably next summer. I dive locally, in Oregon. I just never stopped.

SeaRat

 

[Streydog]

I was 48 when I was certified and am 55 now. I dove with a lady that was 89 on a trip to Cozumel.

 

[JamesBon92007]

My grilfriend did her first Discover Scuba at 65 and got her certification at 67. She now has over 50 dives in some fabulous places. She would have more if not for this virus thing.

 

[GreggS]

I was 3 weeks away from my 58th birthday when I got OW certified. I'm 64 now. Still have never felt like I was too old to dive.

 

[JamesBon92007]

I was 48 when I was certified and am 55 now. I dove with a lady that was 89 on a trip to Cozumel.

Was her name Sally? I only guessed at her age.

 

[Streydog]

Didn't get her name. She was from the UK diving with her husband

 

[JamesBon92007]

Didn't get her name. She was from the UK diving with her husband

Not her then. The lady I'm thinking of traveled alone. I'm guessing she was somewhere in her 80s and had been diving since before there was such a thing as scuba certification.

 

[Streydog]

On the boat ride out I heard her say that she was going to dive until she was 90. Didn't think much of it, she didn't appear to be close to 90 to me.I listened to stories about diving around the world. We did our SI at Palancar and she took a taxi back to town. That is when I found out she was 89.