How many dives before you cease to be a beginner ? [Poll]

[Steve_C]

It's not just the number, but how often you dive.

A 100 dives over 5 years does not a good diver make.

It could. Depends on the diver and what one calls good. I do not practice trim or a lot of other things. Only thing I practice are certain safety things like shooting an SMB. I average 30ish dives a year. Some salt and some fresh. I am decent on air and do not kick up the bottom. I am a good buddy and usually can navigate. I am relaxed in the water and enjoy my dives. Play with some fish ID and casual photography. No idea if I am a good diver nor do I care if others think I am a good diver, but folks who buddy with me are usually happy to do so a second and third time.

 

[Mike1967]

It's really a pointless question that can't be answered anyway. Like how long is a piece of string?

 

[happy-diver]

Whilst you maintain a subscription to terminology such as Safety Stop
whilst you remain in the dark that every dive is a decompression dive
whilst giggling about a Safety Sausage, being unable to deploy a dsmb
and whilst bobbing around on the surface the most dangerous place in
waterworld, reg out talking, waiting for a sign to Lift your inflator hose
unnecessarily, to submerge, only so that those leading the dive can see
that their unruly herd may about to start heading in the right direction
because their inflator hoses are lifted

I would suggest a million dives wouldn't do it



As far as what the
"I'm only anybody later because it's only then that I will know who I am now"
crowd have to say

whilst now is the only time that time exists

 

[MichaelMc]

For the expected environment, you must have done several safe dives past

Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
<---this line
Unconscious Competence

on all your major skills, without them taking much of your attention.
Before the question becomes relevant.

If you haven't yet, the number is meaningless.

 

[BlueTrin]

It's really a pointless question that can't be answered anyway. Like how long is a piece of string?

2 inches ?

 

[happy-diver]

Bouncing around between conscious and unconscious competence is a good place to be a ball

 

[RyanT]

Sorry, if others have said this already, I didn't read all the posts...I think a lot depends on your experience in different conditions. If you've made 500 shallow-ish dives with the same dive operation, at the same sites, in similar conditions, you'll have less experience than someone with 100 dives who's dives include, sporty seas, calm conditions, ripping currents, deep dives, shallow dives, and dive operations with different boat protocols. My instructor was a big proponent of training in different conditions for this reason.

 

[Mike1967]

2 inches ?

Ok, so 2 inches is your guess? Don't worry, your guess is as good as anyones. Hmm...that sounds familiar lol

 

[happy-diver]

Not my string

 

[hroark2112]

How many polls before you're no longer a beginner????