New diver, no diving partner, what do I do?

[dannobee]

But remember one thing, Ishie used to dive without a hood!! Some people didn't believe it. I SAW it. With my own two eyes!!

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

Okay, so now that I'm certified...

...how do you find dive clubs in the area? I've googled and stuff, but haven't had much luck.

Congrats on being certified.

Clubs: http://www.garlic.com/~triblet/ba_diving/links/clubs.html That should be a pretty
complete list. (If I've missed a club, please let me know and I'll add it).

 

[Ishie]

But remember one thing, Ishie used to dive without a hood!! Some people didn't believe it. I SAW it. With my own two eyes!!

Ahhh, the pleasures of an el nino year...

I'm waiting for it to get up near 58 so I can yank the hood off again, but it seems to be heading more for the high 40s, which is cold enough to make my jaw ache.

I got spoiled the year I started diving though. Got certed in April, it got cold in May-June while I was still generating massive newbie energy to keep myself warm, and by the time I started to get settled, the winter was doing 58-62 in Monterey! Ah, bliss.

Last dive down in Big Sur it was like 46-47 (conflicting dive computer readouts), but a rough swell day 10-12 so fighting deep surge kept us from being divesicles.