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Anonymous Fri 30 Mar 2018 21:45:37 No.1238170 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1238190 >>1238706 >>1242278 >>1244826 >>1245886

Who Scuba here, how hard is it to get certified, I'm mathematically challenged among other things and it's always held me back from doing it.

I've freedived for years and my PB is 160ft

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Mar 2018 22:15:57 No.1238190 Report

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>>1238170
I guess "how hard" depends on what certification you get and where. In highschool a few gym teachers were certified PADI instructors, so I ended up doing the open water PADI certification. It wasn't that hard, and not much math to do. It's mostly looking at a chart to figure out how long you can stay depending on the depth, and then actually making sure you're not staying to long / too deep when actually diving. The theoretical parts are mostly on general safety concepts, and the practical parts are generally done in a pool at low depth at the beginning. If you can do elementary level math you should be more than fine. You also practice a lot so pretty much any safety/emergency procedures can be done automatically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Mar 2018 13:58:14 No.1238665 Report

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>can't do maths
Then read the manual very closely nigga, you don't want to choose a bottle with no o2 in it or come up too quickly

>160ft pb
That's awesome man! How do you get so good at freediving? The pressure always fucks with me even if I equalise

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Mar 2018 15:03:11 No.1238706 Report

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>>1238170
I'm also a diver man. 160 feet is freat by the way what would you recommend for a beginner free diver?

The biggest advice I would tell is avoid doing sudden movements that costs too much oxygen. If your partner or group is too fast you can always tell them to slow a little bit.
and study your hand gestures.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Mar 2018 15:29:52 No.1238716 Report

Quoted By: >>1242299 >>1244224

Not hard to get certified at all - the only math that is needed for basic diving is being able to convert hours to minutes. The hardest part for most people is not freaking out when having having water in their mask or something which shouldn't be a problem for you if you already free dive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Mar 2018 16:49:55 No.1238748 Report

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It's pretty easy to get certified.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Apr 2018 21:34:19 No.1239759 Report

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>knowing math for SUBA

The fuck OP can you not follow a multiplication table!?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Apr 2018 16:01:06 No.1241628 Report

Quoted By: >>1241640 >>1241774

>tfw couse costs 440 bucks

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Apr 2018 16:15:22 No.1241640 Report

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>>1241628
freediving is free though, more challenging & satisfying!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Apr 2018 16:21:40 No.1241648 Report

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>>1241640
True, but eventually I want to break into wreck diving

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Apr 2018 19:45:16 No.1241774 Report

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>>1241628
Don’t know where you live, but you should be able to find something for half that. If you’re buying your own gear, some places can include a “free” course.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Apr 2018 20:23:42 No.1241812 Report

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>>1241774
Aren't gear costs pretty insane?

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Anonymous Wed 04 Apr 2018 08:08:07 No.1242278 Report

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>>1238170
I want to play scuba but Subnautica is too scary . ;_; help

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Anonymous Wed 04 Apr 2018 09:05:42 No.1242299 Report

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>>1238716
Luckily Amanchu! taught me how to throw the water out from my mask. And how to equalize pressure too

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Apr 2018 13:55:04 No.1242383 Report

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>>1242278
I was diving when I was 12, grow up

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Apr 2018 15:49:30 No.1242439 Report

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>>1241812
Yes.
If you only want to dive occasionally, you’re way better off renting gear.
If you’re going to be out in the water all the time, it gets more cost efficient to have your own shit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 06:18:44 No.1243996 Report

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>>1242299
>applying anime to real life
You're a special kind of autistic, aren't you?

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Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 06:49:41 No.1244003 Report

Quoted By: >>1244171 >>1245871

>>1243996
Anime taught me more about life than school and college together, brah

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 07:01:22 No.1244006 Report

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I left an ammo can with a bag of sealed pot buried at GPS N 32.93325 W 112.70363 for anyone that wants it. I will be unable to travel back and get it.

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Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 15:47:16 No.1244156 Report

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I scuba dive!
It's great fun and piss easy to get certified. I got my Dry Suit Diver with my Open Water course on account of living in the Arctic. So far I've not had much use of my gear outside of cutting some boat propellers free of tangled rope and nets, but I'm hoping to find some scallops later this year, and helping out at a few shore cleanups.

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Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 15:54:50 No.1244158 Report

Quoted By: >>1244824

Been certified since I was 12 I forgot most of it and have been diving continuously for years in Florida. I just go slow and keep an eye on my gauges. If I went nitros or cave I’d probably reread some of this stuff but for the most part diving is easy if it’s for fun. Wouldn’t do it for a living though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 16:28:58 No.1244171 Report

Quoted By: >>1244174 >>1244234

>>1244003
God that's fucking retarded I hate that you probably did learn how to clear your mask from 2d women you fucking insufferable faggot

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Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 16:41:33 No.1244174 Report

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>>1244171
Are you okay

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 18:02:15 No.1244224 Report

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>>1238716
>The hardest part for most people is not freaking out when having having water in their mask
This happened to me the first sea dive I did on my OW course.
I hadn't adjusted my straps properly to begin with, and had to clear my mask six times on that dive. Not gonna lie, it helped a lot to have all that trouble while the memory of how to fo it was still fresh in mind, otherwise I'd probably have panicked a little.

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Anonymous Fri 06 Apr 2018 18:30:13 No.1244234 Report

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>>1244171
I really did, anon. I really did

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Apr 2018 19:41:11 No.1244824 Report

Quoted By: >>1244825 >>1245901

>>1244158
how can u make a living diving?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Apr 2018 19:46:47 No.1244825 Report

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>>1244824
Rescue divers are always a thing, and there's offshore, and you could always become a diving instructor.
Do mind you that working with something you like can still make you hate it after a while still applies.

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Anonymous Sat 07 Apr 2018 19:47:02 No.1244826 Report

Quoted By: >>1245881

>>1238170

Why are there serious space tourism companies sprouting up, but nobody has built an underwater scuba resort?

If regular people could pay to do saturation diving comfortably, they could do upwards of 8 or 9 hours in the water *per day*.

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Anonymous Mon 09 Apr 2018 00:35:05 No.1245871 Report

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>>1244003
>Anime taught me more about life than school and college together, brah
So fucking nothing?

>haha I love being a sperg
xd dude

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Apr 2018 00:45:08 No.1245881 Report

Quoted By: >>1245938

>>1244826
Sealab 2021

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Apr 2018 00:56:27 No.1245886 Report

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>>1238170
Mate in most of Asia they dont care about your skills. Just pay your money and you'll get an OW.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Apr 2018 01:16:19 No.1245901 Report

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>>1244824
Commercial diving falls generally into two categories

Commercial diving, off shore gas and oil work building and maintaining the rigs, salvage operations or inshore civil engineering projects, welding, construction, and such. Theres also HAZMAT diving which is in sewers and stuff. This is all fully encapsulated hard hat diving

Then theres scientific diving

Oh and military navy diving

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Apr 2018 01:54:15 No.1245938 Report

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>>1245881

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