Have you ever been scuba diving? If so where, and what type of dive was it, shark, wreck reef?

Question

Have you ever been scuba diving? If so where, and what type of dive was it, shark, wreck reef?

Answer 1

All of the above and cavern (Mexico) so far in most of the world's oceans and in the Great Lakes.

I have an excuse, I dive to get to my office. Although I enjoy a warm water dive every now and again, I primarily dive cold and for recreation I tech wreck for challenges or do the regular rec depth wrecks.

Answer 2

I have over 400 recreational dives, mostly from my time living in the Marshall Islands (Central Pacific). Wreck & reef, mostly, but some recovery and night dives. Most of the wreck dives at 100 ft. +. Deepest I ever went was 176 ft. to grab a narced diving buddy. Never went 'shark diving', but encountered plenty of them over time.

Answer 3

I've only been diving since the end of August, and for many reasons haven't done an ocean dive, yet I hope to do that next spring or summer.  So far, I've dived 5 quarries in 4 states plus one strip mine in southern Indiana, and have had a ball logging my puny 27 dives. Yes, I know there's a big difference between ocean diving and quarry diving, but I had to start somewhere!

Quarries are fun places to dive, each one has its own personality and attractions. For example, Gilboa in northwestern Ohio, has a schoolbus where all the fish seem to hang out... you can take a ziploc bag of fish or cat food with you when dive and feed them by hand underwater... that's a quarry feeding frenzy!

My home dive, France Park, in Logansport, Indiana, is known for its paddlefish (I think they're the same as the spoonbill mentioned earlier).  They're the most amazing-looking creatures.  I am going to try to dive France Park this weekend if my cold is gone, which is what kept me from diving it yesterday.

I have a long way to go in my scuba diving career... I'm only OWD, I'm planning to do my advanced in the spring, then rescue diver, and sooner or later, I'd like to make DM and AI.

Bottom line is: no matter where you do it, scuba rocks!!

Answer 4

Hi i have just completed my open water and there are loads of good dive sites in the uk you should try Stoney cove or Wraysbury

Answer 5

The Great Lakes have the best wooden shipwrecks in the world. Theyre often over a hundred years old and wonderfully preserved. Keep Mexico and give me Lake Michigan and Superior!

Answer 6

So far I only have just over 30 dives and they have all been state side, Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas.  All have been some type of lake, some small, some big.  Two lakes were clear almost like the ocean and I even saw a fresh water jelly fish, that was way cool.  There is a place in Illinois that has lots of cool things, all types of vehicles including a 727 plane (Mermet Springs).  They have lots of big spoonbill that are very interesting to watch feed. So far I have only snorkeled in the ocean but can't wait to take a dive.

Answer 7

I have done all of the dives you mention, plus military dives (Royal Navy) and deep saturation oilfield dives to around 500 feet in the British North Sea. I am a full-time professional diver and have just returned home from a job in Borneo.