Greetings from Vancouver Island!

[SeanQ]

Hello everyone!

I've been diving for a few months and decided to search for some forums to talk about our favorite sport. I've been to a few other forums, but this is the most active forum I found with quality posts. I just decided to register after lurking for an hour or so. I promise I will try not to piss off the venerable members by starting useless flame wars

 

[DIVER_11]

welcome aboard i'm new too you will find lots of good stuff in the back threads get a glass of tea a good chair and start resding.

 

[Far_X]

Hey Sean, welcome to the board. How long is the dive season up there?

 

[headhunter]

Welcome to ScubaBoard!

Glad you found us.

Dive safe!

Christian

 

[SeanQ]

Thanks everybody.

Far_X: The dive season is 12 months long. During the winter the visibility is much better due to lower algae concentrations. A lot of people out here dive in drysuits because the water temperature is ~13 C (55 for you Fahrenheit folk); although, wetsuits are fairly common. My wetsuit is rated to 0 C (32 F) however I havn't dove in water that cold and can't tell you if it keeps me warm enough.

 

[DandyDon]

Howdy!

Welcome to SB!! :happywave Put us in your computer's favorites and check in often. This is a great place to learn, compare, argue Look around our various forums - everything from New-To-Scuba to Instructors-Only to Dive Medicine.

Yeah, we're pretty friendly here. And even if you get out of line, we'll try to be friendly as we tell you to shut up!

don

BTW - Did you set up your Profile? Some ideas for your Profle might be taken from looking at mine. Click on my Username to the upper left, then click on my Profile, and see what I've done. For your's, click the [CP] in the upper left of the screen, then click [Edit Profile]. If you need any help, PM me direct.

 

[scuba_chick55]

SeanQ, Welcome to the board, fun people, cool topics, great info.
P.S. Don't forget to fill out your profile.

 

[divermania]

Hi there Sean!

Welcome! I'm new too.

How's the dive over there? Where do u normally dive? I'm in Singapore right now. I'm looking to return to Vancouver or Victoria. However, I was preparing myself to miss and give up diving. If I wanna dive, I would have to go down south to dive. So there'd be less diving opportunities.

Thanks everybody.

Far_X: The dive season is 12 months long. During the winter the visibility is much better due to lower algae concentrations. A lot of people out here dive in drysuits because the water temperature is ~13 C (55 for you Fahrenheit folk); although, wetsuits are fairly common. My wetsuit is rated to 0 C (32 F) however I havn't dove in water that cold and can't tell you if it keeps me warm enough.

 

[Dan Kom]

Greetings!!

 

[baitedstorm]

55 f :11: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Welcome to the Board Ice man..... j/k