Difficult to find a buddy as a female?

[miss_scuba]

check out the calendar where I work. Aqua Adventures Unlimited
I am always up for a dive! Let me know when you are in town!!!

 

[SharkMonkey]

Hey come have some fun with us!! We will have a club dive on Saturday, October 11th! Plan to meet at the north end of Heisler Park at 7:45am. We will check conditions and decide on the site from there.

Or you & a friend are always welcome to come to our monthly club meeting this October 15 at the Newport Beach Tennis Club at 7:00PM. This month our speaker is Andy Sallmon on Shark Diving!!


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[angryjuliet]

I have faced same problem when i have started. But it is great to contact club . I have contacted club and finally found buddy .

 

[sheeper]

Clubs are a great resource. Clubs offer variety. As an example, I'm an experienced diver but married to a non-diving woman. Through our club (Vero Beach Scuba Club) there are several ladies that I'll dive with. Some are younger woman, some older, one is married to a diver but he does not dive as much as some of us. One benefit is that I guess I'm safe. I'm not looking for any "action"...i'm a solid diver and i also know all the good local dive spots. And I'm also just as happy on a shallow 20 foot shore dive as I am on a deep 100 foot ledge or a deep wreck or deco dive.

 

[ScubaInChicago]

I wonder if she still has a hard time finding buddies after FIVE years?

 

[sealionesse]

I wonder if she still has a hard time finding buddies after FIVE years?

I hope not!

Although I am glad someone brought this thread back up because I am facing a similar problem and I would like to read some more ideas and suggestions. I found a couple of potential buddies online--but nothing solid. Mostly what I've been finding is men who aren't certified asking me how to get into diving (or thinking I can someone teach them... which I can't. I'm no instructor).

I found a dive club in my area... two to be exact. But one meets on Tuesday nights and I can't make it because of my work schedule. The other meets quarterly--I've made it to their meetings. But quarterly isn't much to form friendships. I am hoping to just show up on boats and finding people that way. But it has lead me to not sign up for more expensive dives. There is one that I want to go on that's both tech and recreational and boat space is limited. Without a buddy, I don't want to sign up for it because, what if all the other divers on the boat are tech? Where does that leave me?

Anyway, I hope more people chime in with ideas.

 

[ladyfishdvr]

I am in a similar position. I have joined a local dive club but get "where is your husband? Doesn't he dive?" Well no he does not and I am not looking to meet a man or steal someone else's either. I just want to dive. I wonder how many men have to deal with that? Probably none!

I did find another dive shop a bit further away that has a meetup and dives every weekend. I emailed the leader and he said to just let him know I am coming and they would dive with me. He made it clear that many women just want to dive and are welcome to join them. I just (Sunday) got certified. I am hoping to go diving with them soon. Being brand spanking new was a concern of mine also. Who wants to dive with a just certified diver. Check out Meetup.com and see if there are any scuba meetups in your area.

I also signed up for another class at the further away dive shop in hopes to make some friends in the class. I was a solo student, because no one else signed up, in the Open Water class. Having private instructions was nice but not conductive to meeting people to dive with.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I wonder if she still has a hard time finding buddies after FIVE years?

Don't know, but that sure was a fun stroll down memory lane. This place is so huge you sometimes don't realize who you haven't heard from in a while till you see their name brought up in these older threads ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[maniago]

I am in a similar position. I have joined a local dive club but get "where is your husband? Doesn't he dive?" Well no he does not and I am not looking to meet a man or steal someone else's either. I just want to dive. I wonder how many men have to deal with that? Probably none!

Not sure what part of PA you're in, but there is a small group that hit Dutch Springs in Bethlehem - you can find them in the specific area forums - the Northeast-PA etal and the SouthEast-Mid Atlantic folks. Just shoot out a ping for a buddy. I'm in MD but dive with folks from Upper PA that I met here on SB. Dutch is a nice place.

 

[3D diver]

FWIW: I've found all my dive buddies lately---male and female---via the local SB section (Norcal). I've met a lot of interesting people---experienced divers, newly certified, straight, gay, young and old. So far everyone has been nice and focused on the diving.

So take a chance and try answering a SB buddy needed thread, or start one of your own...some of us are gentlemen. (Even if we have silly treads in the singles section.)