Active Divers over the age of 50

[cburgert]

I'm 51, started diving in 1997 and I scuba dive every other weekend from April to november.i did take 19 years off from scuba though.

 

[apedai]

I’m 60 now, warm water vacation diver. Been certified for 10 yrs.

You are so cool.

 

[CT-Rich]

59, was certified at 16. switched free diving when I was married. Switched back to scuba when I was divorced. Be mostly shore diving the 13 years. started doing some dive travel a few years ago.

 

[Wathdoc]

Have you discovered sailing? Less politics

It's ok, I left BSAC years ago!

 

[Centrals]

59, was certified at 16. switched free diving when I was married. Switched back to scuba when I was divorced. Be mostly shore diving the 13 years. started doing some dive travel a few years ago.

One of the few that a divorce did not cost an arm and a leg.
Enjoy your freedom.

 

[Kimela]

62 - certified 4 months before my 50th birthday (2010), so it's been 13 years. We dive warm water only - and it starts to feel cold at 81 degrees!!

 

[NothingClever]

the demographic in here is largely Male, Pale, and Stale

Truly made me laugh out loud.

 

[SysGreg]

56, started freediving in 1972 and scuba in 1978, certified in 1984. Still ON on wrecks, video and photo, all waters, worldwide. and it’s still FUN.

 

[drrich2]

I am curious as to how many SB members, who are still active divers, are over the age of 50? Also, how long they have been diving, how often they dive, and what types of diving they do?

Due to turn 54 shortly. Certified in 2006 at age 37. Historically had about 2 week long dive trips/year, but retirement budget looks to be amending that to aiming for 1 2-week trip/year to cut down airfare costs. Have somewhere around 559 dives. Mainly a Caribbean coral reef diver, favorite and most dove destination is Bonaire, but have ventured off for other things - Galapagos, Jupiter (Florida), etc...

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Another female chimes in!
Just found this thread.. my people! Have met a few of the responders and surprised at one's age. Won't disclose which one..thought you were a few years younger!

60, cetified Jan 1993, 1352 logged dives. Had to take a few years off in the single parent of a toddler phase of my life. Hermit Crab is grown up now and married!
I like shallow clear water dives. Longest dive to date was 3:40 on a generous fill steel 80 (ending the dive with 700psi) . Anything under 2 hours is a short dive! LOL