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Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 01:48:13 No.2617790 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2617828 >>2618254 >>2618255 >>2618366 >>2618563 >>2618959 >>2618961 >>2619291 >>2620157 >>2620173

Redpill me on scuba diving, I just signed up for classes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 03:41:17 No.2617828 Report

Quoted By: >>2618010 >>2618254

>>2617790
probably my favorite courses i took in college
quarry diving sucks with thermoclines
fresh water springs (usually in florida) are a lot of fun, constant temp and usually crystal clear
river drift dives are great and you'll see tons of fish
night dives were my favorite
cave diving -can- be interesting but that's advanced and easily fatal if you don't know what the fuck you're doing or aren't really into it
unless you're -really- into scuba diving a couple years from now i'd stay away from cave diving (closed overhead)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 14:43:52 No.2618010 Report

Quoted By: >>2618065 >>2618361 >>2618960 >>2620159

>>2617828
Id like to go to cool spots throughout my life, like ship wrecks, I suppose and dive in the local river wherever Im living.
How fit do I need to be to do this? I guess Ill find out in the training if I can do it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 17:09:36 No.2618065 Report

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>>2618010
Depends on where you’re diving and how much work is going to be done by the currents. Be warned, I’m actually pretty /fit/ and struggled with the swimming test you have to pass to get certified. Floating I was fine but if you’re not a strong swimmer it may be worth practicing a bit before doing it.

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 23:47:20 No.2618254 Report

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>>2617790
Don't listen to this stick in the mud >>2617828
Explore captivating, mysterious caves and chambers as soon as you find them. If you find a cave, chances are, someone else has found it too and is in there looking for precious sea booty. Get in there ASAP and stuff your loot sack as fat as it can get before the other assholes take what's yours.
Last and most importantly, DO NOT, AND I REPEAT, DO NOT: tell others about where you're going and your cool discoveries. Last thing you need are a bunch of dipshit stooges following you to your undersea treasure.

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 23:59:40 No.2618255 Report

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>>2617790
IS THAT A…FAMOUS DIVE SITE?!!
I-I MUST GEAR UP
HUERGH
*stumbles over the BCDs*
BUDDY CHECK
*pushes boatman overboard*
AERGH
*knocks out dive buddy with his tank*
CLEAR
HUNGH
*ROLL*
DEH
*SPLASH*
*falls ontop of dive master*
OH GOD
I’M…..
SCOOOOOBIIING
* S C O O O B I N G*
*snaps blurry pic of turtle*
I'M....
SCOOOOOOBIIIING
*pierces hand on sea urchin*
I'M SCOOOOOOBIIIIIING
*kicks down a dozen corals*
SCOOOOOBIIIIIING
*knocks up silt, trapping his dive buddy in the wreckage*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
OH FUCK THE FISH IS EVERYWHERE
*consumes 2/3rds of the air*
Ahhh
There you are
My wonderful underwater world
My nudibranch
MY NUDIBRANCH
Well, it’s time to end the dive
Well… a little scoob first wouldn’t hurt
*runs out of air*

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 02:23:06 No.2618302 Report

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>>2618255
Can someone edit this to include,
>Gets decompression sickness every dive... dive again no longer decompressed
>What's a dive table?
>considers 2/3rds rule, 2/3rds of 2/3rds of air.
>Terror of dive instructors everywhere

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 04:37:10 No.2618361 Report

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>>2618010
>Id like to go to cool spots throughout my life, like ship wrecks,
That's what I do. All my diving has been around the Great Barrier Reef or Komodo or places like that.

You don't need to be fit at all.

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Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 04:47:50 No.2618366 Report

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>>2617790
you have my respect OP. scyooba diving scares the shit out of me. I don't much care for the water.

my dad used to do inland diving classes and they would do night dives in local lakes and stuff which I neat. I absolutely love underwater footage and have considered dropping a couple thou on an underwater drone, but not worth it for where I currently live. You should get a nice gopro and record your adventures for people like me to enjoy

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 12:53:12 No.2618491 Report

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>>2618255
>My nudibranch
>MY NUDIBRANCH
Hey bro, do you wanna see a pic of this sweet nudibranch I saw on our last dive?
Can't wait for my next scoob

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 15:38:24 No.2618561 Report

Quoted By: >>2619229

Greentexts?
>rebreather diving in fl keys with few buddies
>oldfuck instructor on other dive boat comes up to talk to us, hes doing some advanced ccr trimix course with two people
>theyre all using megs
>calls my liberty a piece of shit
>brags he had the first in the usa and could never get it to work
>...
>mfw
>didnt bring sorb, expected the shop to have it even though sorb was unobtanium for a long time
>finds a really old open sorb keg
>its yellow instead of white
>takes apart shops booster to blend trimix his way
>week goes on like this, we only see/hear of him in the mornings before we hop on the boat(were on separate boats)
>explaining to one of our guys his different knobs for different blends
>"I dont know why people wont adopt my standards?!"
>student want to analyze his tank
>Yells at student that he told them what the mix was and demanding to know why he wants to analyze?
>talk to his students, theyre doing several bounce dives every day
>...thats not good my dudes.
>we steal his transfill whip for the luls
>he gets bent day 3 gets sent to the chamber two days in a row
>laugh my ass off slurping conch fritters the rest of the afternoon
Cant wait to go back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 15:41:13 No.2618563 Report

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>>2617790
It's great
Like entering another world
Completely different from snorkeling

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 06:42:08 No.2618959 Report

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>>2617790
I like watching all the different youtube channels of people who dive rivers and lakes finding all kinds of neat shiny things people have thrown in the water over the years. I've thought about learning to dive myself, but just never got around to it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 06:43:55 No.2618960 Report

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>>2618010
You don't need to be super /fit/, but you can't be a walmart landwhale. Also, if you dive regularly, not just once a year, you'll actually put on some decent muscle just from all the consequential movement you do in water.

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Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 06:50:44 No.2618961 Report

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>>2617790
If you have the money to travel, look up the Britannic. Sister ship to the Titanic that was used as a hospital ship durring the first world war and was sunk in fairly shallow waters by a german sea mine, and people dive it regularly. Its an almost 1:1 copy of the Titanic, so you can actually explore the ship, although most of the wood is rotted away by now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 14:47:42 No.2619111 Report

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>>2618961
>400 feet below the surface
uhh anon thats do able but you need to be really skilled ccr diver... like were talking hypoxic trimix, years of training, $$$, and you still have to receive permissions.
400/33 = 12.12ata +1 = 13.12 ata
13.12ata x .12(oxygen) = 1.57 (1.6 pp02 is max)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 15:16:10 No.2619131 Report

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>>2619111
Well maybe you can find a cheap homemade submarine to ride on

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 15:26:06 No.2619135 Report

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>>2619131
ack!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 18:29:19 No.2619229 Report

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>>2618561
>conch fritters
My nigga. I hope to go back there soon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Jul 2023 20:50:19 No.2619291 Report

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>>2617790
I just dived an amazing bridge this weekend and all I can tell you is it's addicting and most people are very cool in my experience

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 12:31:59 No.2620140 Report

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-Generally smart to carry a scuba knife with you, life saving when diving in a kelp forest.
-Rule 1 of course, repeat it until ingrained in your brain, "Never Panic, Panic Kills!"
-Be careful of environments with silt such as ship wrecks, one can quickly lose visibility and become disoriented.
-Learn how to spot a stone fish, one mistake will be the end of you. Talking from experience, saved a scuba buddy from grabbing onto the wrong "rock" 40m down.

Otherwise have fun, enjoy a world few get the privilege to see. Try leave the environment as you found it, make sure to enjoy the details like nudibranch hunting and connecf with the female hottest in your dive party.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 13:06:36 No.2620157 Report

Quoted By: >>2620380

>>2617790
Just youtube "cavediving". You won't need any further input from us.
Not going near a cave?
Never mind, you don't need to.
https://youtu.be/RM_SH1Heo_E

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 13:12:31 No.2620159 Report

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>>2618010
>like ship wrecks
Go to New Guinea. There were various wrecks there that don't require any more than a pair of goggles (and the understanding that if it is a fish, snake, sea snake, coral, invertebrate, plant, spider, insect, or any number of other animals including several birds, it is poisonous. Anything not equipped with some type of poison will likely have huge teeth, a desire to use them, and carry a disease you've never heard of. Or a combination of all of the above.)
The people are the most dangerous though.
But if you want to be able to sit in the cockpit of a sunken Zero or something, there's no better place. The tunnels are bloody awesome too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 13:35:27 No.2620173 Report

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>>2617790
More people should into scoober dying.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 21:04:12 No.2620380 Report

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>>2620157
Cave diving is awesome.
>crystal clear water
>fresh water, so no cleaning gear required
>warm water, no surge, no current
>fucking amazing pretty rock structures
>cave dive in the morning, hop out and kick back with a beer because youre in the caribbean

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 21:39:15 No.2620393 Report

Quoted By: >>2620425

its gay unless you're spearfishing

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Jul 2023 22:27:29 No.2620425 Report

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>>2620393
dorklers need not apply

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