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Posted on 7/30/17 at 8:53 pm to kjntgr
Never rent Mexican diving equipment.
I did, once.
I am lucky to be alive.
I did, once.
I am lucky to be alive.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:00 pm to ruzil
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Never rent Mexican diving equipment.
No doubt! I rented some regulators in Cozumel for a beach dive, and had to buddy breath with my wife after the reg froze up at 80ft.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:08 pm to kjntgr
Go diving once but be sure to plaster your truck with scuba flag stickers for the next ten years and tell everyone how you're all about that salt life.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 1:05 am to kjntgr
I've been diving for about 5 years, I wish I had started 20 years ago. One of my kids got certified at 13. Another just got certified and she is 12. We have great family trips and get to share some fantastic experiences underwater.
If you're healthy and not a complete dumbass, it is a safe hobby. Granted, I haven't been diving in any lakes... I prefer warm water with visibility greater than 50 feet.
Find a great dive lodge/resort in a location you want to visit. Arrange to complete your confined water and open water skills dives on a trip to your chosen resort. Take the online course before your trip. When you get there, you spend a day with your confined water skills. Then typically four more dives to complete your certification.
If you're healthy and not a complete dumbass, it is a safe hobby. Granted, I haven't been diving in any lakes... I prefer warm water with visibility greater than 50 feet.
Find a great dive lodge/resort in a location you want to visit. Arrange to complete your confined water and open water skills dives on a trip to your chosen resort. Take the online course before your trip. When you get there, you spend a day with your confined water skills. Then typically four more dives to complete your certification.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 9:35 am to aVatiger
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helldivers are gonna clown on you
Still any left alive? They seem to lose a lot.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 11:10 am to tLSU
One of the best hobbies you could get into. I have seen some amazing things over the last 5 years of diving. I have been to some amazing destinations to go diving also.
It's the closest experience to outer space you can have. Being completely weightless and underwater for an hour or more is an awesome experience.
It's the closest experience to outer space you can have. Being completely weightless and underwater for an hour or more is an awesome experience.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 11:33 am to kjntgr
It is itself a great experience, very "doable" and safe. A cert doesn't expire so no reason not to get your cert if you have the time and money for class, basic equip and weekend trip for checkout dive.
That said, experience is important as with everything so if you go through a dormant period it definitely behooves you to take a refresher course and some individual shops or operations may require it.
The only real hinderance here in SeLa is making frequent trips affordable which may take some finagling unless you have some hookup on the coast. Also much better to have a buddy or two, or even a solid group, to go with, learn with, etc but most dive shops you'd get certified through seem to have a good group of people to join with as long as they aren't weirdos.
There's is more risk with spear fishing or other higher level diving ops but better to save that for another thread and focus on basic entry level diving here for now.
That said, experience is important as with everything so if you go through a dormant period it definitely behooves you to take a refresher course and some individual shops or operations may require it.
The only real hinderance here in SeLa is making frequent trips affordable which may take some finagling unless you have some hookup on the coast. Also much better to have a buddy or two, or even a solid group, to go with, learn with, etc but most dive shops you'd get certified through seem to have a good group of people to join with as long as they aren't weirdos.
There's is more risk with spear fishing or other higher level diving ops but better to save that for another thread and focus on basic entry level diving here for now.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 11:35 am to hoppinnissan
Silly question, but how do your ears handle being at that depth... do you have to "clear"them?
Posted on 7/31/17 at 11:47 am to DaBeerz
Yes that's exactly what you have to do. You have to equalize the air pressure in your body to what it is at the depth you're at.
Right now the air in your body is at 1 atmosphere. As you go under you have to continuously equalize your sinus cavities with the ever increasing pressure. Once you're equalized it feels the exact same.
Your lungs equalize basically automatically; it'd freak you out if you saw how tiny your lungs are at 100ft
Right now the air in your body is at 1 atmosphere. As you go under you have to continuously equalize your sinus cavities with the ever increasing pressure. Once you're equalized it feels the exact same.
Your lungs equalize basically automatically; it'd freak you out if you saw how tiny your lungs are at 100ft
Posted on 7/31/17 at 12:18 pm to kjntgr
i've been certified for 22 years: open water I, skipped open water II, master diver and rescue diver. it's the greatest hobby i've ever taken up. cool places to go visit, interesting people to meet, and seeing things that a lot of people never get to see.
do it!
do it!
Posted on 7/31/17 at 12:20 pm to Cold Drink
When equalizing it's possible to blow out your eardrums though isn't it? When swimming in the deep end of pools I've done this (I think) and it feels like they're about to blow apart
Posted on 7/31/17 at 12:24 pm to kjntgr
Posted on 7/31/17 at 12:29 pm to Cold Drink
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it'd freak you out if you saw how tiny your lungs are at 100ft
They are exactly the same.
It would freak you out to learn that even though they are the same size, they are taking in 3x's the amount of air to fill the same volume at the surface.
Imagine filling a balloon and bringing it down 99 ft. Assuming the amount of air in the balloon remains constant, the balloon will have shrunk much smaller. The difference between the balloon and your lungs is that your regulator (breathing device) is constantly adjusting to current depth and your lungs are filling with the appropriate about of air.
This is why you go through a tank MUCH faster at 100' than you do on the surface. It's also why it's very important to keep breathing when ascending. If you hold your breath at 60' and come up, you will have major over expansion injuries in your lungs.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 12:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
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When equalizing it's possible to blow out your eardrums though isn't it? When swimming in the deep end of pools I've done this (I think) and it feels like they're about to blow apart
It's very possible. If done correctly, you should be equalizing constantly on the way down. Some people are more sensitive than others and I've found that if the pressure is too great or painful, you can often go up 5-10 feet and find it much easier to equalize.
You should not have to blow hard. Any straining is not advised. You should also avoid diving if you have sinus or infections for obvious reasons. A simple head cold can make clearing your ears damn near impossible.
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