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[ChrisF]

Hi everybody.

I've been lurking here for a while and finally got myself registered. This is a great board.

I've been diving since 1995. I do about 25 or 30 dives per year. I'm definately a warm water diver. Anything under the high 60s is too cold! Other than that, I'm not too picky about where I dive. Most of my diving has been Florida (Gulf, East Coast, and Keys).

Glad to be on board.

Chris

 

[Tavi]

Welcome to the boards!

 

[ChrisF]

Originally posted by Tavi
Welcome to the boards!

Thanks Tavi.

BTW: I see you're from Rochester. I grew up in Webster. Never tried diving there though. I didn't get certified until I moved to Florida in the early 90s. I suspect the water temperature in Lake Ontario exceeds my cold threshold anway....

 

[DivingGal]

Greetings and salutations and all that....

You just don't know what you missed, not diving up here, it's great!

As for the temperature not being in your diving "range" that depends. What's your threshold these days?

 

[Walter]

Hi Chris - let's get wet soon! (Bring Sue along)

 

[ChrisF]

Originally posted by DivingGal
Greetings and salutations and all that....

You just don't know what you missed, not diving up here, it's great!

As for the temperature not being in your diving "range" that depends. What's your threshold these days?

Anything less than the upper 60s (Fahrenheit) is too chilly for me. That makes me a true WWW (Warm Water Wimp ).

If I lived someplace colder, I'd probably own a dry suit. I'm sure that would open up lots of new diving possibilities. I've often wanted to try dry suit diving, but since diving is a use it or lose it skill, I'm not sure that would be a very safe way to go if I only got to dive dry once or twice a year. From what I've heard, dry suit diving is a whole different ball game.

 

[DivingGal]

Originally posted by ChrisF
Anything less than the upper 60s (Fahrenheit) is too chilly for me. That makes me a true WWW (Warm Water Wimp ).

If I lived someplace colder, I'd probably own a dry suit. I'm sure that would open up lots of new diving possibilities. I've often wanted to try dry suit diving, but since diving is a use it or lose it skill, I'm not sure that would be a very safe way to go if I only got to dive dry once or twice a year. From what I've heard, dry suit diving is a whole different ball game.

Well I don't know --- you come for a visit in August, and the St Lawerence River has be known to warm up in the 70-80F range! Shortie temp diving hehehe.

Dry suit diving does offer a few challenges -- doing rolls to move excess air in your suit to your upper body so you can vent to name just one. But getting out of the water, and being "dry" - bonus when the air temp is not warm I'll tell you.

 

[ChrisF]

Originally posted by Walter
Hi Chris - let's get wet soon! (Bring Sue along)

I'd like that very much. Believe it or not, I'm booked every weekend between now and the Bimini trip in May. Let's try to set up something after that.

Have you ever been to the Bayronto? I was thinking it might be cool to get a group together to check it out.

Chris

 

[ckharlan66]

Glad to have you aboard. Happy you finally jumped in and made it official.

Chad

 

[Rooster1]

welcome to the board. I like your dive choices, but up here we take what we can get even cold. Couple weeks ago it rained so hard that the ditches were looking good!