Flutter
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Two of my sisters were certified years ago for vacations and have perhaps 20 dives completed and both say they will probably dive no more. One asked recently if I knew the stats on what % of divers certified stop diving before 50 dives? And which divers continue to 100 dives, 200 dives, 500 and more? I see scubaboard has such classifications to check off (similar to her question) when ppl join. Are the stats available for such a question? (I’ve looked and have found % for gender, ethnic group, age, training level - but not a breakdown % for actual hours or dives completed).
When my hubs & I were certified 21 yrs ago, we were told that less than 80% of all divers went beyond 200 dives and even less have 200hrs of diving completed. Our instructor encouraged us to be among the few and to “learn from every dive.” ( I’m not sure where that figure came from). My hubs and I feel very fortunate to have remained healthy enough to still dive. When diving, we truly feel among the blessed).
If there is already a thread on this, please advise. Otherwise I am curious if there is an answer, and so is my sister who asked me (she’s a dog musher - that’s her passion).
If this should be posted elsewhere, also advise.
When my hubs & I were certified 21 yrs ago, we were told that less than 80% of all divers went beyond 200 dives and even less have 200hrs of diving completed. Our instructor encouraged us to be among the few and to “learn from every dive.” ( I’m not sure where that figure came from). My hubs and I feel very fortunate to have remained healthy enough to still dive. When diving, we truly feel among the blessed).
If there is already a thread on this, please advise. Otherwise I am curious if there is an answer, and so is my sister who asked me (she’s a dog musher - that’s her passion).
If this should be posted elsewhere, also advise.