Certified!

[epconti]

Hi, All.

Well, I did my O/W dives this weekend. There was a group of 7 of us with our instructor and dive master that went to Wallum Lake in Douglas, MA on day one. Let me tell you, I've never been in the military or anything, but I've done double sessions for football, played in hockey tournaments which involved 3 games a day, raced my brother up mountains (don't ask who one every time), but I've never done anything so physically demanding in all my life. 2 days later and my chest is still sore. But it's a good sore. At Wallum Lake, we saw maybe one fish and a whole lot of silt. Viz after we got in was "Hand on the mask so we can read the instructors signals". Very tough day, but extremely glad (and appreciative) that we did it.

Day 2 was up at Back Beach in Rockport. What a difference. Saw tons of crabs, quite a few lobsters (one or two could have been of legal size but we weren't hunting obviously), couple flounder, couple skates. Very impressive. Viz was about 10-15' (second-hand info -- I'm not good at judging that at all). This day was exactly what we expected scuba diving to be. Don't think anybody wanted to leave, even in the late arriving rain.

Hopefully I'll be able to hook up with you guys somewhere, if you don't mind a brand new diver.

- eric

 

[Diversauras]

Welcome to the never ending adventure.

 

[gfisher4792]

I was just certified this weekend myself, down in Fort Wetherill, RI. Vis really sucked about half the time (at least I know how to react in a silt-out), but it was a great time! Flounder, lobster, crab, skate; seeing them all was awesome! Even when I couldn't see the diver next to me, all I knew was that I was under 30' of water, blowing bubbles and having the time of my life.

 

[PK]

Hi Eric,

Congradulations! Last winter was so long I forgot how physically demanding diving is until I went back out a couple of weeks ago. Even though while down under you're relaxed, it's a lot of work to haul all the gear, pull it on, walk with it on, manage slippery rocks with it, surface swim to where you want to submerge and then do it all over again at the end.

Anyway, I'm curious about how you found out about this board. Are you planning to join a dive club now that you're ready to dive? I like using this board plus my club to find buddies.

 

[shellbird]

Congrats!!! Welcome to the underwater world of diving, for me it is the greatest escape!

 

[Soggy]

Certified? Are you sure you don't mean certifiable?


Congrats. Dive Safe...

 

[decapoddiver]

I'm right down the road in Shrewsbury. I'm always looking for new buddies.

 

[epconti]

Thanks, everybody.

gfisher, I know exactly what you mean. It was so relaxing, even without any viz that I felt myself drifting off to sleep while waiting to do one of my ascents. I'm sure the sleepless night before had something to do with that.

PK, I wish I could remember how I found scubaboard. There may have been a link to it off of a Cozumel board I was reading (http://mytravelboard.com/cozumel/). It was a while ago. I have enjoyed reading the informative posts here since around December. As for dive clubs, I'm going to be joining Deep Six Divers, out of Inland Divers in Leicester, MA.

Soggy, you sound like you know my wife.

Decapoddiver, I'm familiar with Shrewsbury. My grandparents lived there. Let me know when you need a buddy. My schedule may be a little tight through August (large honey-do list and a baby on the way) but I definitely want to get out as much as possible.

 

[bhapps24]

Hope you enjoy the diving life. And the food is oooo soooo good.
I can usualy dive weekends.boy does this 9-5 stuff really stink.