What is the hardest thing about scuba diving?

[Altamira]

Trying to get back on a dive boat in choppy seas when the boat has a crappy, or worse yet, no ladder.

 

[lostsheep]

You California resident shore divers are cheating!!!

Cold water, kelp, 3 cylinders , a scooter , and a drysuit is cheating? I don’t want to play fair.

To answer the OP; rinsing gear is the only tough part about diving here.

 

[drl]

Getting out of the water in gear and rough water, whether it’s a shore exit or a bucking boat ladder.

 

[uncfnp]

Huh. No contest. Covid.

With all the canceled trips I am really starting to feel rusty. Quarry diving is just not the same for me.

 

[SandyRobinson]

I think it is a tie between posts 2, 3, 4, and 5.

 

[broncobowsher]

The actual diving isn't hard. The stuff outside the water is what is hard. The expense, the travel, the logistics. The weight that suddenly returns as you leave the water.

 

[Pressurehead]

Getting out of the water in gear and rough water, whether it’s a shore exit or a bucking boat ladder.

I think it is a tie between posts 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Ditto: Saves a lot of typing.

 

[living4experiences]

The logistics of making it all happen. But the payoff of underwater exploration is magical!

 

[Raphus]

This is easy: its so damn hard to shut up. I want to talk 24/7 about diving. But i know non-divers are not that interested in that conversation.

Thats why we hang out here, right?

 

[ibj40]

Saying that you don't pee in your wetsuit.