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I've gone diving almost every weekend since I got certified. Nothing but shore dives. I have a great time and so does everyone that goes with me. I am the noob of the group. I've been in 2 foot viz, no problems. a bit of a current, no problems. twisted all up in fishing twine, no problems. water in the mid 50's with only a 3mm on, no problems (didnt hang around that deep though). Down to over 60 feet, no problems. I've not had any malfunctions under water but dive buddies have and I was able to assist in solving the problems under water. In fact that's something we do a lot of, testing ourselves doing things under water so we don't need to surface. we do quite well and it always goes just fine.
I understand that bad things can happen, bad things can happen anywhere though.
I do plan to get more dive training in. I want to be in a position where I feel like I am ready to go and get more training. Everybody I dive with is very experienced and understands my level and what I'm ok/no ok with. When they want to do something I'm not okay with (like going down to 80-100 feet), I sit those dives out because I know I'm not ready for that.
I may not be okay with swimming in deep water and just lingering around in it but I don't think that amounts to anything other than just me not having been around a lot of deep swimming water growing up. I can roll over on my back and float for days and swim like that. I don't ever get sick of it. I don't ever get tired from it.
I know my instructor would NOT have certified me had I not ready to be certified. I have no doubt in my mind about that at all.
I understand that bad things can happen, bad things can happen anywhere though.
I do plan to get more dive training in. I want to be in a position where I feel like I am ready to go and get more training. Everybody I dive with is very experienced and understands my level and what I'm ok/no ok with. When they want to do something I'm not okay with (like going down to 80-100 feet), I sit those dives out because I know I'm not ready for that.
I may not be okay with swimming in deep water and just lingering around in it but I don't think that amounts to anything other than just me not having been around a lot of deep swimming water growing up. I can roll over on my back and float for days and swim like that. I don't ever get sick of it. I don't ever get tired from it.
I know my instructor would NOT have certified me had I not ready to be certified. I have no doubt in my mind about that at all.