Average # of dives in a year?

[kosstamogen]

about 20 from september to january when I got certified

 

[ScubaMike14]

I did 63 last month. And if things go as planned I will soon be doing 3-4 dives a day, 7 days a week.

 

[Drew Sailbum]

Live it. Work it. Day in, day out. 500+

 

[jepuskar]

I do 365 dives a year...........................................

mentally

 

[keuka1]

Geez, as a new diver I thought all dives were supposed to be documented in a log book with all the pertinent information. But either folks are not looking in their dive logs or they are not using a dive log if a response is a range. And then when I look at these numbers I wonder if number of dives is a bit like fishermen describing their catches! Some simple math raises questions: if one is on a liveaboard for seven days and dives four times on each day, that would be 28 dives. Few people do more than a week on a liveaboard each year, or even on an annual basis. Here in Florida half day trips of two dives are common. So for each Saturday and Sunday that would be four dives. Four times 25 or 100 dives would mean one out of every two weekends spent diving and doing little else. For a recreational diver that seems pretty intense, in addition to the practicality of the weather. So unless one is a professional, I'm pretty sceptical that many people are doing 100 or more dives EVERY year.

 

[Fred R.]

Okay, I cheated, I arranged my life so instead of working to dive, I dive at work!

As such, I average 700 dives per year, years of extremely bad weather, like '04, I still managed about 500. Some years, with good weather, I've gotten up into the
mid 900's but I haven't (and won't now) break 1000 in one year.

I was wondering if anyone managed to average over 1000 per year, and for how many years?

 

[millphils]

For me, 100 dives per year is easy. It's only a 15 minute round trip drive to the nearest divesite. Make one dive during the week after work and one on the weekend and whallla - 104 dives.

Phil

 

[Robert Phillips]

Geez, as a new diver I thought all dives were supposed to be documented in a log book with all the pertinent information. But either folks are not looking in their dive logs or they are not using a dive log if a response is a range. And then when I look at these numbers I wonder if number of dives is a bit like fishermen describing their catches! Some simple math raises questions: if one is on a liveaboard for seven days and dives four times on each day, that would be 28 dives. Few people do more than a week on a liveaboard each year, or even on an annual basis. Here in Florida half day trips of two dives are common. So for each Saturday and Sunday that would be four dives. Four times 25 or 100 dives would mean one out of every two weekends spent diving and doing little else. For a recreational diver that seems pretty intense, in addition to the practicality of the weather. So unless one is a professional, I'm pretty sceptical that many people are doing 100 or more dives EVERY year.

I think what you fail to understand is that the majority of posters dive 3-5 times a week locally. Contrary to what Scuba Diving Magazine and other diving rags lead you to believe, a lot of divers don't need to go on vacation to dive. I have never been on a Live Aboard and most likely never will. I do occasional boat trips to the Channel Islands off the California coast and have hauled my gear up to Washington state a few times, but I hit the beach 2-4 times a month all year long. Most of the people I know do the same. I don't go on vacation to dive, I dive!

Dive safe, dive often!
Robert

 

[TSandM]

As Robert said . . . I've been averaging two to three times a week, just local shore diving. Add in an occasional local charter with two or three dives in a day, and a trip to warm water every once in a while, and it's VERY easy to get a lot of dives in. I've done 110 in nine months.

 

[mdb]

Hello everyone,

How many dives do you average in a year?

These days about 60-90 per year. Total logged, about 1200+, unlogged 600 or so. Not enough. Many more good dive sites to visit.