what kind of diver are you?

[NothingClever]

I’m a garden variety SCUBA nerd.

 

[Killerflyingbugs]

I am the kind of diver that loves being underwater so much I decided to do it for a living. I was born in Key West and raised in the lower keys. I learned to SCUBA when I was 11, and started helping my father who was a tropical fish collector. Growing up I was the kid that was out on the boat fishing or diving as many days as possible, my senior year of highschool I missed 50 some odd days because the weather was nice and the water was clear! After HS I went to hardhat school and spent a few years diving in the oilfield in the upper Gulf of Mexico. After a few years in that profession I came back to the Florida Keys raise my kids. I eventually inherited my father's tropical fishing licence and started aquaculturing corals and marine plants. Recently I was given the opportunity to get my PADI Dive instructor certification and I am in the process of completing that.
I DO NOT LIKE WORKING ON LAND!

 

[GF99/99]

I’m a garden variety SCUBA nerd.

Like wise. Just your average joe that loves diving except I have the added benefit of spending about half my year diving mostly spent in Indonesia or other tropical dive destinations. Just bought another brand new unit last Christmas and it already has about 250hr on it. So I guess I average about 250 hr. a year underwater well that's just on CC so with OC on top of that probably quite a bit more.

 

[Hoag]

I am a vacation diver although I have also been called a "Saniflush Diver". I prefer turquoise water with little to no current, unlimited visibility and no colder than what would be considered room temperature.

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, I have hobbies other than diving that compete for my attention, money and time. This means that I don't get diving nearly as much as I would like to. Given the world situation, I don't see any trips, dive or other, in the foreseeable future. Hopefully things will be stabilized by late 2021, but I don't hold much hope - we'll see.

 

[NothingClever]

....I have hobbies other than diving that compete for my attention, money and time.

You said it, brother.

My other drug is high-performance motorcycle track riding. Not for the faint of heart - not because of the speed but rather the costs.

I’m on the cusp of retiring from one career and starting a second one. So, the triangle of location, job satisfaction and salary (pick any two) is frequently on my mind. I think I’ve got location checked off since we’ve landed on Florida so it’s down to a coin toss between job satisfaction and salary. I told my wife yesterday during our morning walk that I can tolerate a crappy job as long as it yields the salary necessary to enjoy my hobbies.

 

[Jay Adams]

I am dry for a while after a boating accident left me sketchy of the water.

I hope you are on the mend, I would say baby steps, start with an easy entry shore dive and remember the reasons you liked to dive. 90% of my dives are from shore, I don't own a boat. leave all the spear fishing stuff at home and just go for a short dive, or snorkle.

 

[ontdiver]

I would characterize myself as a "frustrated" diver. On-line diagnostic tools suggest that symptoms will disappear when I get vaccinated....

 

[Hoag]

You said it, brother.

My other drug is high-performance motorcycle track riding. Not for the faint of heart - not because of the speed but rather the costs.

I’m on the cusp of retiring from one career and starting a second one. So, the triangle of location, job satisfaction and salary is frequently on my mind. I think I’ve got location checked off since we’ve landed on Florida so it’s down to a coin toss between job satisfaction and salary. I told my wife yesterday during our morning walk that I can tolerate a crappy job as long as it yields the salary necessary to enjoy my hobbies.

I retired a little over 7 years ago and have been living on my pension since then. I had the opposite problem than you do, my job (RCAF) didn't pay that well, but I was in a position that I loved and was working both with and for a group of people who I genuinely respected and trusted. I was within a year of what we call "CRA" Compulsory Retirement Age, and if I asked for a waiver to allow me to go to age 60, it would likely come with an assignment. I decided that I would walk away with my last (and lasting) memories being fond ones.

 

[Jay Adams]

I am not a diver, I'm someone that likes to dive once in a while. Compared to everyone else, I am pretty much a pretender.

if you are certified, you are a diver. the amount of dives is not relevant to the testing and time you put in to getting your ccard.

 

[Jay Adams]

I don’t dive for work, therefore I’m a vacation diver. Dive in both tropical and temperate waters with either a 3mm shortie or drysuit - whichever is appropriate.

I do not dive for work per se` I am a rescue diver for a fire dept. but I have never gone on a call. (False alarms do not count) I just dive wherever whenever. I do not need to be on vacation to dive.