Any Divers? ( Archived) (25)

Yeah, I know. I want to move to Corpus Christi some day though. Not much around here for scuba diving other than the river and its so darn muddy you can't see a thing in it. Though the zoo has the shark tank that they'll allow certified divers to get in there and feed the fish.

I'm not afraid of sharks but I don't think I would jump in a shark tank myself Florida has great spots.. The Keys are fantastic, west coast of Florida has some fresh water caves that are really cool to.

I was just about to ask why it was considered a loaded question but.....

To the OP : I don't myself but I know someone who does, I'll see what I can do, my friend...??

Not me...my best friend died while learning to dive...her family blamed the trainer...her son was 9 then and he witnessed her go under and never to come back...they found her body 3 days later

Uncanny thing is, he loves to scuba and lives in Florida...he is 23 now and says he finds peace in the ocean..no doubt her spirit is with him

I love most things that have to do with water including diving. Haven't had to much chance to dive in the last 5 years. I did quite a bit of open cave diving (love the freedom of it) and of course diving in the ocean. In South Africa we are lucky enough to have access to both a cold and a warm marine environment with lots of wrecks scatterer all over - thus all sorts of interesting diving. I tried deep diving a few times but decided to give it up after a friend died during such a dive. I now limit myself to 25m

hi omkeerpunt !

I normaly stick to 90 feet/30 m deepest, I have a friend who likes to go deeper. but I have a great time at 60 feet w/ Nitrox

This is where most of the incredible beauty of reefs are to be found in any case.

One hilarious event happened while I was diving with a trainee - a small girl taking her first dive on a reef at about 15m average. She was instructed to stay within arms length to my right and slightly behind so that I could see her when I tilted my head. This she did with wide eyed wonder at this newly discovered beauty. Suddenly she shot past me and her terrified eyes seemed to fill the mask. I caught her by the flipper and pulled the struggling girl back and just then the object of her terror swam past - a potato bass that is a foot longer than the girl. It was a well known and inquistive inhabitant of this particular reef but nobody mentioned this to the girl. The result is that the girl emptied a 10l tank of air in just over 20minutes - she really gulped it down and apparently she didnt appreciate my wide grin. Luckily she went back and eventually became good "friends" with the fish.

LOL thats great.

They have some reefs here just off the shore in like 12 to 24 feet of water, get to them by beach dives. Alot harder but think I'm gonna try this year.

As you say - entering through the surf is a bit more taxing. Did that when I was young but I stick to entry from boats now a days. Have a friend who lives in Mauritius who owns a 40ft cat. I intend visiting and diving with them in the real near future.