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

[Dan Snellgrove]

tryed to answer but not enough options - so I am 72 been diving since 1969 am currenty certed as Solo diver

 

[SlowAndSteady]

41 in 6 days. Certified in 2005 but got too busy with work and kids. Just now trying to get back into it.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Hit 1400 a couple weeks before turning 61. Certified 1992. DM 2014. Never worked a boat or anywhere that I could rack up dive numbers, though ive assisted a few times with an instructor. Long slow beach dives for me.

 

[divinh]

53. Certified 2009. 234 dives, warm water, vacation diving. Stalled in 2020 due to pandemic.

 

[Scott G. Bonser]

certifided in 1980 at 16. I am not sure what this polls shows. It might be that diving is a sport for old farts, because it is expensive and is not as tough on the knees as rugby. It might show that ScubaBoard is for old farts because it is low tech. I wonder how it would look if you did the same survey on FB or Reddit.

LOL, I resemble those remarks. …don’t think FB or other Social media is a geared for divers as ScubaBoard.

 

[BoltSnap]

Long slow beach dives for me.

Is good shore diving easily available to you where you live with decent variety?

 

[Scott G. Bonser]

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I’ve had younger divers tell me they can’t figure out how to work SB. They can figure out FB, but they can’t figure out SB? Blows my mind.

 

[Scott G. Bonser]

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Yes, I am ‘old school’ so they say … I had no trouble registering or logging to SB ???

 

[Scott G. Bonser]

As others have pointed out, this poll is more representative of the participation on scubaboard, not the overall participation in general diving.
I must admit, I’m a little relieved. If this poll was true of the whole world of diving it wouldn’t be long before it died completely.

More of us need to spread the word to the younger divers….WOW a forum & website just for us. I try to whenever I can.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Is good shore diving easily available to you where you live with decent variety?

Yes. SE Florida, FT Lauderdale area. When weather bad, head an hour north to Blue Heron Bridge (world renowned for diversity from nudis to manatees). Short dive for me is 2 hours.

A lot of divers in the 60 plus age dive at the bridge