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Read back what I said - and calm down. I'll point out the important bit "unless you have no chance of getting into the sea".
I'm not an ocean only snob. I'm someone who has dived all over the world, who has done more dives in quarries than you will probably ever do in total. I've earnt the right to an opinion on such things - if you didn't take everything as a direct challenge you might even learn a little.
No matter how many dives you have, your opinion about whether or not you enjoy quarry dives isn't really generalizable to other people.
It's not like someone is going to say "wow, I like diving at Dutch Springs for a number of reasons, even though I have access to boat diving, but that guy has done a lot more diving than I have so I must be wrong".
Also, there are quarries and there are quarries. I have been on some awful ocean dives, I have had amazing days at our local quarry. I just don't understand the need for such a sweeping generalization, which makes people feel badly about the dives that they like to do. I don't have your dive count, but I'm a pretty experienced diver, and I do enjoy quarry diving. Maybe you have done all 800 of your quarry dives in places that aren't so great...
Quarries are total rubbish...Unless you have no chance of getting into the sea I think you'd need your head checking if you chose to dive in them
That is valid. I have never dove in a quarry. Only oceans and lakes, so my view is without experience. A quarry seems like training ground. A closed, controlled environment. Like a big pool. For skills refreshing or training. If I went into a pool or the lake at the cottage to practice something or try out a new piece of gear , I would not note it. To me, it's practice for diving, not an actual open water dive.
OK, got it. If it works for you it's good for you then.
Maybe you might be OK with you if for others a log has some purpose?
Why ask why if you know what the answer is for you and how it looks like for anyone else is insignificant to you?
Why don't you go back and read the part where I said you were "conveniently ignoring the fact that many are not close to oceans or other large bodies of water to dive in"...Go back a page and read the part where I say "unless you can't get to the sea".
I'm yet to meet anyone who chooses to dive in quarries out of choice. They are second choice and second rate.
Why don't you go back and read the part where I said you were "conveniently ignoring the fact that many are not close to oceans or other large bodies of water to dive in"...