Hello from Monterey Bay, CA

[jowe]

Hello there!

Having done a few warm-water resort dives long ago, it's time to get back in the (much chillier) water for real this time!

I'm at the 'PADI online learning' and 'buy the minimum stuff to hop in the ocean' point in my dive journey.

I cannot wait to explore the underside of the Monterey Bay, then a few other locations in future.

Looking forward to learning from you all, and contributing more as I move from "feel free to learn from my mistakes" to "hey, I have experience to share"!

 

[ROUS]

I lived and dove there forty years ago. We had a little place in Monterey on Alice Street.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Welcome to scubaboard!
The diving is great in Monterey.
I was born and raised in Carmel but haven't lived there in almost 50 years.

 

[lattehiatus]

Welcome! Joining a local club (or two) is a great way to find dive buddies and begin acquiring gently used gear.

 

[jowe]

Thank you, great to hear from you all!

Rous and Eric, so you started diving super young! I moved here from the SF Bay Area almost 6 years ago now - time has flown..

lattehiatus - good advice, I'll be joining the club at the dive shop I'm certifying through, they and it have a good reputation

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Thank you, great to hear from you all!

Rous and Eric, so you started diving super young! I moved here from the SF Bay Area almost 6 years ago now - time has flown..

lattehiatus - good advice, I'll be joining the club at the dive shop I'm certifying through, they and it have a good reputation

No, I’ve only been diving for 25 years. When I was a kid living on the Monterey peninsula I wasn’t a diver yet, that came later. But I had a friend in grade school who was. His dad started him diving at 5 years old in Monterey.

 

[jowe]

No, I’ve only been diving for 25 years. When I was a kid living on the Monterey peninsula I wasn’t a diver yet, that came later. But I had a friend in grade school who was. His dad started him diving at 5 years old in Monterey.

"Only" 25 years That's awesome. I didn't even know kids could start diving at 5... Well, never a truer expression than, better late than never, (in my case) especially with something as incredible as diving,

 

[Thunder Struck]

It's my hope to get up to Monterey to do some diving by years end. Much as enjoy my Henderson 7 mil, I'm heading into the shop next week to get fitted for a drysuit (DUI). I had finally broke down and tried diving dry a few months back and walked away wondering why I waited so long. So I'll be looking for some properly cool waters to try it out in outside of my local mudholes, Lakes Mead and Mojave. I'll just need to find something entertaining for the wife to do topside as she does not do anything below mid/upper 70's.

 

[Guille G]

Welcome!
I’m in SF, moved here some 9 months ago after years of living and diving in Mexico. I finally got around to diving Monterey a few weeks ago - fun but COLD. I will be skipping the 7mm purchase and going straight to the drysuit.

Hope to see you folks around!

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

"Only" 25 years That's awesome. I didn't even know kids could start diving at 5... Well, never a truer expression than, better late than never, (in my case) especially with something as incredible as diving,

Well technically by todays standards they aren’t supposed to be scuba diving until 10, but this was 1968 and the kid’s dad was an instructor so it was kind of the wild west.
I remember them doing a show and tell/scuba demo one day at school. They filled up a big trash can with water and the kid dropped down inside and was breathing off the reg. He was like the brave hero adventurer kid at school because he was a “diver” and all the other kids (including me) were very impressed.
You would never see that now.