New New Englander

[SixtyFeetUnder]

New member here from Massachusetts (with roots in Michigan), though I've been lurking for some time and found great value in the discussions so far. My wife, 14 year old child and I are currently in the process of our PADI open water certification.

It's something I've always wanted to do; the impetus to actually do something about it has been our niece's planned wedding in Australia in the Fall of 2021. The original idea was to get certified, do some dives in the US to get our "sea legs" and then dive the Great Barrier Reef as part of our wedding trip. We're crossing our fingers that the current travel restrictions get relaxed by then.

Regardless, am glad to be here and looking forward to learning a ton from you all.

 

[Jay Adams]

welcome from New Hampshire

 

[icechip]

Welcome from Maine! Ever up this way, holler out.

 

[SixtyFeetUnder]

Thanks to both of you! Definitely will. @icechip are there dives I should be putting on my list Down East?

 

[Jay Adams]

Thanks to both of you! Definitely will. @icechip are there dives I should be putting on my list Down East?

Nubble light house

 

[Marie13]

@formernuke

 

[Jay Adams]

My 14 yo daughter is scheduled for certification in a few weeks. she is currently doing the online portion. wife wants to certify, next year for that

 

[formernuke]

Where in MA are you? I'm south of Boston

 

[icechip]

Thanks to both of you! Definitely will. @icechip are there dives I should be putting on my list Down East?

All kinds of good ones including Nubble Light in the south, Rachel Carson Salt Pond at New Harbor, Penobscot Bay sites like Rockland Breakwater or Beauchamp Point in Rockport, as well as Lubec waaay downeast, in addition to many others.

 

[SixtyFeetUnder]

Where in MA are you? I'm south of Boston

Near Lawrence.