Local Divers: How long does it take you to get to your favorite dive site?

[clownfishsydney]

Bare Island, Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

 

[JuLe]

Just over 30 min drive from us, our regular dive spot.
A lake in South-East Finland. As can be seen, visibility is not that great at times..

 

[MB NZ]

5 minute car journey, then a 45 minute boat ride on a good day to my local spot. I could dive inshore, but the combination of low visibility and big sharks doesn't make it too appealing.

 

[Belzelbub]

I can get to the water in just a few minutes. To get to the dive site however is at least 30 minutes. Usually a bit longer. Shore diving is not a thing around here. Shallow slope means we head 10 miles offshore at a minimum.

Edit to add: Since pictures were requested, here’s one on an absolutely perfect day. It was so calm that after Irealized my daughter hadn’t set out enough rode, I elected to leave it behind. Confirmed on the dive as only a couple feet of chain was down, but a 3 lb weight would have been sufficient that day.

 

[34109411]

2h30 from montreal to brockville ontario. i leave at 4 am and i am back around 13h00. Need to pick up my kid at school for 15h00.

Otherwise outside those hours the traffic is just insane and i lost my day.

Going to dive tuesday!

 

[TTPaws]

For night diving it is the Frederiksted pier, usually 30 minutes on the 2 lane, for Sunday it would be the wall at cane bay ~20 minutes, year round. And yes it is paradise

 

[JossRincon]

When we are in PR (we live there 1/2 time) it's about a 45 minute drive to get to the awesome shop that takes us to the Parguera Wall, which is maybe a 1/2 hour - 40 minute boat trip depending on which site they go to. Otherwise, we can walk to our immediately local dive shop for a trip out to Desecheo Island, which has a ton of amazing spots to dive.

 

[NAUI Wowie]

Two hours to Santa Rosa, NM, and the Blue Hole. It's not a favorite but it's the ONLY diving around here. Otherwise it is a 14-hour drive to Mexico and the Sea or Cortez. That is a favorite and we drive it but it's not local.

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you know you can take a short flight to cabo and drive to cabo pulmo sea of cortez?... I mean a 14 hour drive through mexico? No thanks and not too safe

 

[NAUI Wowie]

I had been living in Misrata full time since my home in Tripoli was destroyed in the war in 2019. It takes me a 5 minute drive to get to most dive sites in Misrata (some will take 20 minutes). Now that I moved back to Tripoli since my father passed away in July and live in a gated community right on shore, it only takes me 2 minutes to get down to the rocky dive spot I use to enter the water (It may take me 5 minutes to get there if I stop at the store to buy water and after-dive chocolate )


The local dive site where I now live in Tripoli, only a 2 minute drive:
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The spot where I enter the water, facing south so it is slightly protected from waves. I used to put my equipment on the water's edge before entering the water. I'd put the equipment on while on the water but now I just put equipment on at the back of the truck and walk from the truck to the water's edge, it is only 35 meters from the back of the truck to the entry point. I do take my fins, float, DPV and camera to the water's edge before I get dressed and put them on after I jump in the water with BC and fins on. I do a "giant stride" into the water:

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I sometimes get into the water from the tiny sandy shore where I park my truck with suit on before I put the scuba unit on to cool off when it is very hot, July and especially August.

I still have a home in Misrata and go back there frequently (My big dive locker is still there too). Misrata's dive sites have much easier access to the water. Misrata also has faster access to the dive sites due to MUCH less traffic than in Tripoli. Misrata is about 230 Km away from Tripoli, a 2.5 - 5 hour drive depending on traffic.

I didn't get to do much diving this year because of the most terrible weather I have ever seen in Libya. High seas most of the time. I was also very busy after my father's passing and dealing with various issues related to his death. Most terrible summer.

Libya looks to be a beautiful land. Horrifying to have your home destroyed in war. We also are dealing with a father passing. Things are never the same after. Your post reminds me of a saying about putting a face to a phone call, and what I mean by that is you have painted a bit of a picture of your life. Thank you for sharing.

 

[BoltSnap]

Libya looks to be a beautiful land. Horrifying to have your home destroyed in war. We also are dealing with a father passing. Things are never the same after. Your post reminds me of a saying about putting a face to a phone call, and what I mean by that is you have painted a bit of a picture of your life. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you! These are kind words.