How old were you when you started diving?

[SailNaked]

17, watched Dad dive since I was 5ish, 46 now.

 

[Beatlejuice]

43, (year and a half ago) and like so many others, I wish I had done it sooner!

 

[DESIGNERDIVER]

44..........late bloomer

 

[tomfcrist]

Started at age 9, somehow didnt kill myself untill age 25 when i got certified, instructor at 28

 

[Walter]

Just out of curiosity. Also wondering if I'm joining later to the game then most people!? (I'm 27)

Started diving at 27, started teaching it at 30. I'm now 53. You and I got late starts.

 

[gypsyjim]

Started at age 9, somehow didnt kill myself untill age 25 when i got certified, instructor at 28

How'd you get killed at 25? Just curious

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I was 40 ... almost 41. I'm now 45. In my book you're starting as a young'ne.

 

[Paco]

I got certified at age 49 very soon after returning from Cozumel where I took a resort course. I´m 57 now and still logging 60 or 70 dives a year.

 

[Aquabear]

OW at 16. 38 an still dive. til death do us part, then in heaven

 

[Thalassamania]

Wow, that certainly sounds better than those first dives I made within sight of Rockaway Beach. Did you find any amphorae? We recovered some beer bottles.

The fertile crescent dives never happened, that was just what got us started. My Dad's academic interests shifted but we continued to dive.