About an hour after cert. Didn' t look back either.
How soon after your cert did you go on your own dive without any DM?
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Monkey_Gland
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1st dive after OW - proceeded to lose my buddy in 0m viz and forgot to safety stop. Learnt a lot that day!
Moparth
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A week or so after we got certified, girlfriend and I went to Mt. Storm, WV. We had a great time except for freezing after the dive, can't wait to get back.
Airleron
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I was OW certified in 1986, and did a dive a few weeks after my cert with my dive buddy/co-worker. We went to Blue Spring in central Fl, to 90ft at the entrace to a cave. 2 dives straight down and back up. All was OK, but now when I look back, not so smart. I didn't dive for many years (raising sons) and took OW again in 2002 with my sons. I now dive every weekend, 60-70 dives per year. Most of my diving is w/o a DM, except in Cozumel, etc.
AustinHimself
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I didn't go out on my own dive until about a year after I obtained my basic certification. The time in between however I was taking the advanced and master diver course through my university so I was pretty content as we were going on class dives once a week. Thinking about it now, my first dive without a divemaster, my buddy was o/w certified and I had my master diver certification. I would have been comfortable going on a dive before this, but I didn't have enough of my own gear, so diving with the classes only was good for me until I could afford to save up for my own gear, and go on my own dives.
I have always believed that diving, like driving, you learn a lot more from the times that things go wrong than the times things go right.
Monkey_Gland
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With me, it's the times I've truly frightened myself with my own stupidity that have been most instructive!
alchemist117
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The wife and I got certified just before holidaying in the Maldives, so all dives accompanied, then a bit more training and Egypt a few months later (fair weather divers then). again accompanied. It wasn't 'till we went to Grand Cayman after about 50 dives that we just went out shore diving by ourselves. Obviously, the boat dives were still accompanied. Now we like diving alone, but usually find guides pretty flexible on boat trips.
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