cwhite6
Contributor
Hello Ya'll!
I posted about this awhile back and can not find the post now. I am coming to Torrance Beach for a class from Nov. 6 to Nov 12. I am landing at LAX at 11:16am on Sunday the 6th and leaving Saturday morning the 12th. I would love to find some folks to go dive with on Sunday afternoon and at least one night that week. Beach diving sounds like a good idea to me. I am not going to be there long enough on Sunday for a boat I believe. Someone sent me the info for the Sports Chalet where I can get gear for a good price including a thick wetsuit. I would really, really like to get wet while I am there. The night dive with the group that does the Wednesday night dive would be really cool. I am just hesitant to walk up to a group of folks I do not know and volunteer myself to go with them. A little about me so you can gauge experience level and what would be applicable for me. I have 10 dives so far. Of those, one was in Cancun in 30' of water with awesome visibility. The next 6 dives were my certification dives in freshwater here. Visibility was at best 15' and most of the times less than 8'. We did a lot of burrowing through thick grass (to get the experience my instructor said) and low vis diving. My last three were in a freshwater lake with similar visibility. One of the dives we did was below 60' in zero vis blackness. I did this dive with a good friend of mine I trust who let me hang on to him the whole time. I did it so I could experience zero vis and it would not be there first time if I accidently got into it. I have been swimming for fun and racing since I can remember. Don't race anymore after high school, but I swim alot. I am very comfortable in the water, but I do not want to over load myself in a new environment. Is there anyone one here who would be willing to bring a southerner to experience So Cal diving? Thanks for any and all help!!!!
I posted about this awhile back and can not find the post now. I am coming to Torrance Beach for a class from Nov. 6 to Nov 12. I am landing at LAX at 11:16am on Sunday the 6th and leaving Saturday morning the 12th. I would love to find some folks to go dive with on Sunday afternoon and at least one night that week. Beach diving sounds like a good idea to me. I am not going to be there long enough on Sunday for a boat I believe. Someone sent me the info for the Sports Chalet where I can get gear for a good price including a thick wetsuit. I would really, really like to get wet while I am there. The night dive with the group that does the Wednesday night dive would be really cool. I am just hesitant to walk up to a group of folks I do not know and volunteer myself to go with them. A little about me so you can gauge experience level and what would be applicable for me. I have 10 dives so far. Of those, one was in Cancun in 30' of water with awesome visibility. The next 6 dives were my certification dives in freshwater here. Visibility was at best 15' and most of the times less than 8'. We did a lot of burrowing through thick grass (to get the experience my instructor said) and low vis diving. My last three were in a freshwater lake with similar visibility. One of the dives we did was below 60' in zero vis blackness. I did this dive with a good friend of mine I trust who let me hang on to him the whole time. I did it so I could experience zero vis and it would not be there first time if I accidently got into it. I have been swimming for fun and racing since I can remember. Don't race anymore after high school, but I swim alot. I am very comfortable in the water, but I do not want to over load myself in a new environment. Is there anyone one here who would be willing to bring a southerner to experience So Cal diving? Thanks for any and all help!!!!
