Dehydrated_Atom
Contributor
Hello SB.
So at one point I told myself:
"Self, go ahead and get 4 specialties that are relevant to your primary local for diving, then go ahead and get a CPR & First Aid cert and the Stress & Rescue course knocked out, but that's all the dang money you need to give up."
That's taken me through "Master" Diver. Well, I'm certainly no master.
I don't really do any overhead diving, though I might like to penetrate a wreck someday. Woe was me when, after taking the SSI Wreck Diving Specialty, they were like "Congrats, you may or may not see wrecks underwater, this course is designed to tell you that, and don't go inside them."
I feel like I should take Science of Diving, though I have no desire to become a Dive Master/Con or Instructor.
I feel like I should take some kind of Zero Vis course, because frankly, I've thought about what I would do if I couldn't see, and I can't come up with any guaranteed ways of free ascending safely.
I have the Nitrox course taken care of, but I feel like I should at least get familiar with other mixes, as well as closed circuit diving and any other prudent technical diving courses (recommendations/explanations would be awesome), though I have no desire to become a commercial diver.
I wouldn't mind getting an AAUS or some Scientific Diver certification that would allow me to volunteer for surveys and species collection etc.
My quick breakdown:
Specialties: Nitrox, AOW (Underwater Nav, Night/Limited Vis, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving), MD (Stress & Rescue, CPR & First Aid). A number of dives over 100' up to 116'. Over 100 dives. Though I've stopped logging them because "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn". I'm not in it for the pissing contests or the prestige, I'm in it to be a better diver compared only to myself and to enjoy and maybe help the oceans.
If you've made it this far, Cheers! Now please tell me your secrets.
So at one point I told myself:
"Self, go ahead and get 4 specialties that are relevant to your primary local for diving, then go ahead and get a CPR & First Aid cert and the Stress & Rescue course knocked out, but that's all the dang money you need to give up."
That's taken me through "Master" Diver. Well, I'm certainly no master.
I don't really do any overhead diving, though I might like to penetrate a wreck someday. Woe was me when, after taking the SSI Wreck Diving Specialty, they were like "Congrats, you may or may not see wrecks underwater, this course is designed to tell you that, and don't go inside them."
I feel like I should take Science of Diving, though I have no desire to become a Dive Master/Con or Instructor.
I feel like I should take some kind of Zero Vis course, because frankly, I've thought about what I would do if I couldn't see, and I can't come up with any guaranteed ways of free ascending safely.
I have the Nitrox course taken care of, but I feel like I should at least get familiar with other mixes, as well as closed circuit diving and any other prudent technical diving courses (recommendations/explanations would be awesome), though I have no desire to become a commercial diver.
I wouldn't mind getting an AAUS or some Scientific Diver certification that would allow me to volunteer for surveys and species collection etc.
My quick breakdown:
Specialties: Nitrox, AOW (Underwater Nav, Night/Limited Vis, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving), MD (Stress & Rescue, CPR & First Aid). A number of dives over 100' up to 116'. Over 100 dives. Though I've stopped logging them because "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn". I'm not in it for the pissing contests or the prestige, I'm in it to be a better diver compared only to myself and to enjoy and maybe help the oceans.
If you've made it this far, Cheers! Now please tell me your secrets.