introduction

Hey, I'm Oleg Shevchuk, and I'm totally obsessed with diving! I'm a certified IANTD Technical Cave Instructor Trainer (#707) and PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (#231594), and I've been exploring the underwater world in the Dominican Republic since 2001. I've even discovered a few caves myself...

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve been on ScubaBoard, but I decided to come back and check in with the community! I was recently on a trip to Bonaire and ran into several folks who were with the Invasion trip. Hope you all had a great trip! We sure did! Anyway, just introducing myself...

Hello all, I've lurked on Scubaboard for a while now, but finally made an account since I am stepping foot into underwater photography and I am trying to buy used gear as I can. I've enjoyed reading all kinds of subjects on here for years now. I especially appreciate the forums for drysuit...

Hello everyone newbie here, I hope all is well with you guys!

Hi! My name is Matthew and I'm fairly new to diving. I live in southwest Florida where diving isn't as popular as I thought it would be, but I still go every chance I get. I have 20 open water dives under my belt and looking to start getting into advanced open water. Something fairly irrelevant...

Hello everyone, I have recently joined the forum and figured I would introduce myself. I have been a certified diver for about 5-ish years at this point and I have greatly enjoyed it. I have not been diving much for the last couple of years due to some issues I've been having with my ears. Now...

This is kind of an intro built into a question I have been certified PADI Open Water since Fall of 2020 but I have not logged a whole lot of dives. I did 4 Grenada, 2 in Mexico (Cancun), and 2 in Costa Rica (Pacific Side). So all of my dives have been in warm salt water. I have never put on a...

Hi all, I'm an extremely new diver in Tampa that got certified about a few weeks ago! I've been putting as much practice as I can in preparation for a short trip to Thailand in a couple weeks. So not counting my 5 learning dives for the SSI OWD course, I managed to log 9 more dives. And then...

Hello Everyone, I am originally from outside Chicago IL and currently moving to the warmer weather where we will be able to dive all the time! One of my favorite places to dive is in Bonaire doing some shore diving. I got certified in 2011 for open water through SDI and did some advanced...

Hi everyone! Only discovered the existence of this wonderful site last week. Hope everyone had a fun 4th of July weekend. My name is Omer, I'm originally from Israel, and recently started a job in NYC so my home base has shifted quite a long way (as you can imagine). I've never dove (dived...

New to scubaboard and excited to mainly lurk and possibly sell some gear :) I'm an open water certified diver and will get my advanced sometime in the future. I mostly freedive and sometimes SCUBA.

Hello there, relatively new diver here, got the OWD from PSS last spring and did some 15 dives total but been freediving for as long as I can remember. Lacking some solid knowledge on gear and looking for advice since I haven't met enough people doing scuba here. Looking to join a local club in...

Newly (sorta) NAUI certified OW diver here! Haven't done any diving outside my course yet, but have been spending the meantime building a budget minded but quality set of gear of my own so that I have to rent as little as possible. Based in central Florida, looking forward to diving both...

Hello Scuba Board! My name is Joseph Humpston. I'm a scuba diver in Charleston SC, Who's currently looking for a dive buddy to dive for fossils in the Cooper river with. Anybody interested?

I have no diving experience, just a day in my pool with my diver neighbor. I'm very interested in picking the brains of the many experienced folks here on ScubaBoard!

Good morning all! My name is James and I am a relatively new diver from NJ. I hope to continue to learn and interact with everyone, as the diving community has been so helpful thus far. Have a great day everyone,

Hi everyone! My name is Jordan. I have not dived at all, but have joined here because I am researching the SS Kamloops and hoping to connect with divers who have been down to see the wreck. I only just discovered the shipwreck of the SS Kamloops about two weeks ago (around the time that I...

Not (too) new to diving but new to the forum. Looking forward to learning from all of you. :)

Hey SCUBA Board, I'm new to diving (SCUBA certified in December, freediving for a year before that, been on six tank dives since cert, Monterey, Caspar, Mendocino Headlands), and I'm here to check out info about northern California dives/meet folks/get specific routes and tips for places to...