Are you glad you didn't start diving in your 20s?

[pilot fish]

I am. I might not have been a prudent, safe diver back then. I would have dove like a

 

[drbill]

Hmmm... I started in my teens and still going strong 46 years later. In fact, doing far more dives than I did in my twenties.

 

[TSandM]

I think I am glad that I didn't learn earlier. Things fell together perfectly for me when I did get certified, to end up with the right mentor and in the right eventual company. If I'd started as a younger woman, my lack of talent for the sport might have driven me right out of it. I also didn't have the money to acquire gear or travel then, as I do now. All in all, as with so many other things in my life, it came to me when the time was right.

 

[Tigerman]

Since im still in my 20s, although at the very end.. Im glad I did learn to dive in my 20s
However, as long as Id learned to dive (and doing it as safe as possible) I dont think id care much how old I was I think..

 

[Teamcasa]

I am. I might not have been a prudent, safe diver back then. I would have dove like a

I started in my teens, I'm sure, by today's standards, I was not a safe diver. No regrets.

 

[merxlin]

I learned and was certified at 17.....then took a very long surface interval.....for 30 years. I'm sorry I missed so much time underwater.

 

[under water]

Started when I was 55. If I had started earlier I probably would not have taken as many non-dive trips and seen all the great stuff out there that isn't about diving. These days, it's a bit hard to plan a trip that doesn't include diving. I guess I'll get over it someday.
But on the flip side, I would probably have been diving in the Coral Sea by now.
It seems like a 'sport' that is well suited for 'mature' folks.

 

[diver_paula]

Nah. I started in my late teens and was/am safe diver now. To me how 'safe' a diver is more a factor of one's personality. & having learned to dive pre-computer, I definitely understand the tables better than many (most?) people starting out with computers now.

Paula

 

[Kim]

I'd have loved to have learned in my 20s. Swimming was a major sport with me and I held the British Royal Life Saving Societies gold certificate by the time I was 19. If I'd learned to dive then it would probably have become my profession in some form or other.

 

[Thalassamania]

I learned when I was a kid, I was in full swing in my teens and twenties. I'm so glad that I got to dive back when diving was dangerous and sex was safe.