Hi!
I may be lucky enough to be able to take a few days off after a conference in San Diego near the end of January. I am travelling from Europe and I have never had the chance to dive in the US.
I am intrigued by the pictures I have seen of kelp forests, but other than that I don't know much about the diving opportunities available.
Since the conference is in San Diego, the obvious choice would be to dive from there. However, since there are no direct flights from my location to San Diego anyway, it is possible to get creative with the schedule, e.g. stop over in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
I am looking for any advice you might have about where I should aim to go diving and how (shore, boat, etc.). I will probably be looking to pay for guided dives because I don't believe in going to a completely new location and expecting that I can handle it on my own with a random buddy. Also, I wouldn't know how to find such a buddy!
My experience is about 70 dives and I am currently working on completing a GUE fundamentals course. I can bring drysuit and all other gear except tanks and weights.
Thanks!
Mikkel
I may be lucky enough to be able to take a few days off after a conference in San Diego near the end of January. I am travelling from Europe and I have never had the chance to dive in the US.
I am intrigued by the pictures I have seen of kelp forests, but other than that I don't know much about the diving opportunities available.
Since the conference is in San Diego, the obvious choice would be to dive from there. However, since there are no direct flights from my location to San Diego anyway, it is possible to get creative with the schedule, e.g. stop over in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
I am looking for any advice you might have about where I should aim to go diving and how (shore, boat, etc.). I will probably be looking to pay for guided dives because I don't believe in going to a completely new location and expecting that I can handle it on my own with a random buddy. Also, I wouldn't know how to find such a buddy!
My experience is about 70 dives and I am currently working on completing a GUE fundamentals course. I can bring drysuit and all other gear except tanks and weights.
Thanks!
Mikkel