Question How old are you and how long certified? Poll- please take part!

[BoltSnap]

My job then did not require diving. It was Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; they were serious about diving, and required AAUS and considerable training to dive as part of one's work. Post certification, I did evolve some of my work to include diving.

Oh, you were at WHOI? Wow, that's great. I knew the DSO at WHOI in the 80's, Teri Rioux, very well and we dove at WHOI way back then. I think Teri retired long time ago.

I was trained as an instructor at the URI GSO and was staff in their instructor training programs and ran other training programs with them way back then, late 80's and all through the 90's.

 

[Litefoot]

Thanks.


A young guy asked me the other day after a fast drift dive " how do stay so still while you drift"? , I thought and almost said "if you see no bubbles, you know I have died".
Nothing to do with buoyancy and breath control.

Edit: Just had a thought, it was an afternoon dive so past my nap time, I may have had a little snooze.

I just read this morning and literally laughed out loud. The visuals of what you describe will be stuck in my head. Kind of like burping up the pleasant smoky taste of barbecue the rest of the day.

 

[GearheadExplorer85]

I'm 37 and got OW certified in March 2012. I have done 50 dives so far. 95% of my diving has been around Victoria, BC and the Saanich Inlet. But I have also done a couple of warm water dives in Redondo Beach, California and Oahu, Hawaii. Life forced me to put diving on the backburner for several years, but I am getting ready to do more diving this summer.

 

[Toasterking]

Certified last month, at 10 dives now, and while my hips feel like I am retired I am only 40!

 

[DonFlorida]

65-1/2023-20 dives

 

[rAgnaAA]

I'm 32 yeras old, I've been certified since 11 March 2023 and done 45 Dives.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Scoreboard:
50-59 =116
60-69 =116
Looks like this will go into overtime!

 

[turcottep]

Hey all. Great poll!

56, completely new to the sport with 4 training dives, which I appreciate how they don't count. hoping to seriously up that number this year.

 

[turcottep]

Luv the suits!

Yes! Those suits are amazing. How can I get one?

 

[TrimixToo]

60-69, certified since 1972.