Diving and the weather

[jazzymusicman]

My wife and I started our certification process a month and a half ago. We're still not certified. The only thing we're missing are our last two dives, but those have been put off three weekends now. Even our first dives were in slightly choppy seas. After having spent thousands of dollars in equipment that we were too excited to wait to buy, I'm starting to loathe the sport. Don't get me wrong, I love the water, and I loved our first two dives, and I can't wait to do it again. But if we have our dives put off one more week, I'm seriously going to go ape s*** on someone. Some might say I already have.

Anyways, how often does the weather in Florida ruin your dives? Luckily it shouldn't be too hard to find buyers for brand new, never been in the water scuba equipment.

 

[drinksfromtap]

Let me preface this by saying I have vastly less experience than lots of others on this board - but in my limited time diving, weather down here seems to be more of an issue in spring (march/april). Over the summer I've not had much of an issue of dives getting called due to poor conditions. Word on the street here seems to be that the weather we've been having over the past few weeks is unusual for this time of year.

Edit: I'm in Broward.

 

[MrChen]

Where in florida are you?

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[jazzymusicman]

Where in florida are you?

Miami

 

[iamrushman]

relax....your time will come...better you have great to good conditions at this stage in your diving career....we are all waiting to get wet.

 

[jazzymusicman]

relax....your time will come...better you have great to good conditions at this stage in your diving career....we are all waiting to get wet.

while i completely understand, my question was aimed more towards after I was certified. it sucks waiting in anticipation week after week, checking the weather forecasts every couple of hours, only to be let down each weekend. I'd surely go crazy in no time flat.

 

[Jon_R]

while i completely understand, my question was aimed more towards after I was certified. it sucks waiting in anticipation week after week, checking the weather forecasts every couple of hours, only to be let down each weekend. I'd surely go crazy in no time flat.

While you are trying to complete your cert your instructor is probably going to be more cautious dragging multiple new students onto a boat in rough sees watching them puke and refuse to get in the water. Once you are certified that is all up to you. The boats probably run in much worse conditions than an instructor is willing to take students out in. Just my guess on why you keep getting pushed back. I tagged along with a class from my instructor this weekend in West Palm. Sees where a little rough but they all got through it though some where a little green.

If you can do 8 foot sees and the forecast is 8 foot sees go dive. This weekend I think is close to my limit for now. It said 2-3 with dominant period of 5 seconds. I think it was worse than that...

 

[Wookie]

What happened last weekend? It was nice weather.

RJ Diving Ventures offers evening dives some nights of the week so you can go after work.

 

[jazzymusicman]

the boat pushed back the morning dive time because of "high" winds early in the morning, then combined the afternoon and morning trip and apparently the dive shop with the boat has their own students, which filled the boat. spent the rest of the day fuming mad

 

[MrChen]

the boat pushed back the morning dive time because of "high" winds early in the morning, then combined the afternoon and morning trip and apparently the dive shop with the boat has their own students, which filled the boat. spent the rest of the day fuming mad

Get through the class and if a charter does something you don't like then go on another. You're in the middle of some awesome diving. Jupiter to the north and the keys to the south.

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