I've only dove dry up to this point. Got drysuit cert with OW in early October. 36 drysuit dives. Now 4 wet.
Just curious, but do you count quarry dives in your #logged?
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I've only dove dry up to this point. Got drysuit cert with OW in early October. 36 drysuit dives. Now 4 wet.
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Why wouldn't you?Just curious, but do you count quarry dives in your #logged?
Why wouldn't you?
Having never dived in a quarry, the question is sincere in its ignorance. I've heard that they are often used for certification training / testing. I had not pictured them as actual dive destinations, in lieu of a better word, like oceans, lakes, caves, etc. They seem more like diving in the deep end of a pool to me. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I just wondered if this was the kind of thing one would log.
Having never dived in a quarry, the question is sincere in its ignorance. I've heard that they are often used for certification training / testing. I had not pictured them as actual dive destinations, in lieu of a better word, like oceans, lakes, caves, etc. They seem more like diving in the deep end of a pool to me. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I just wondered if this was the kind of thing one would log.
The deep end of a pool may be like 10-12 feet deep with crystal clear water. Quarries vary tremendously. Some can be 100 feet deep or more, and they often have terrible visibility. The following are brief descriptions of the primary dive sites in my location--and that includes very long drives to reach them. I am leaving none out. Not one is a quarry. I would bet there are many quarries with far more serious diving conditions than these.Having never dived in a quarry, the question is sincere in its ignorance. I've heard that they are often used for certification training / testing. I had not pictured them as actual dive destinations, in lieu of a better word, like oceans, lakes, caves, etc. They seem more like diving in the deep end of a pool to me. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I just wondered if this was the kind of thing one would log.
The deep end of a pool may be like 10-12 feet deep with crystal clear water. Quarries vary tremendously. Some can be 100 feet deep or more, and they often have terrible visibility. The following are brief descriptions of the primary dive sites in my location--and that includes very long drives to reach them. I am leaving none out. Not one is a quarry. I would bet there are many quarries with far more serious diving conditions than these.
Chatfield Reservoir: We have to dive off of a beach in an area with 21 feet maximum depth.
Aurora Reservoir: We have to dive off a beach in an area with 35 feet maximum visibility. There is a sunken Cessna.
Homestead Crater, Utah: People travel many hundreds of miles to dive here. It is a geothermal formation inside a rocky dome. It is much smaller in surface area than a typical swimming pool, and it is 65 feet deep. The water temperature varies a bit by season, usually around 94° F. Because it is inside a dome, it is dark and has artificial lights, like a pool.
Blue Hole, New Mexico: People travel for hundreds of miles to dive here as well. It is a sinkhole measuring about 60 feet across at the top and something more at the bottom. It is 85 feet deep if you snuggle up next to the cave opening at the bottom (entrance blocked). Because it is fed by cave water, the temperature stays around 61° F all year.
All of these are legitimate dive sites, far more challenging than many of the ocean sites I have visited. They are all more challenging than almost any site on Molasses Reef in Key Largo, for example. I suspect the average quarry dive would be even more challenging than they are.
So what you are saying, in essence, is that if a dive does ot have the features that YOU look for in a dive, then it should not count as a dive. Is that right?Nice post. I still don't quite get it though. A challenge is not really what I associate with the joy of diving. Diving in dark, cold, bad visibility, etc. surely has some benefits as a training exercise, but I am missing the point if it is otherwise. All that challenge for what? My personal enjoyment of diving centers around seeing things; life, topography, sunken things. I really do not see the point of diving in hard or lousy conditions with nothing to see. What am I missing?
Nice post. I still don't quite get it though. A challenge is not really what I associate with the joy of diving. Diving in dark, cold, bad visibility, etc. surely has some benefits as a training exercise, but I am missing the point if it is otherwise. All that challenge for what? My personal enjoyment of diving centers around seeing things; life, topography, sunken things. I really do not see the point of diving in hard or lousy conditions with nothing to see. What am I missing?