Every level of diving is represented here on SB, from beginner to extremely advanced. From researching dive destinations and operators, to discussing photography or differing dive gear, and/or sharing experiences from snorkeling to cave, wreck and tech, there is a bit of something here for anyone who wishes to learn, teach or simply discuss aspects of the sport.
Like any social group there are going to be crack pots, and cranky pants, Prima Donnas and Princesses, Professors and students. Both the good and bad.
There are some people who are simply fun to share a few minutes out of the busy day with, some who have you rolling on the floor with their wit and antics, others you will gladly travel a long ways to dive with, while there might be others you would wish to avoid diving with at all cost.
I have met some great new friends here on ScubaBoard, discovered new parts of diving I now enjoy, met some awesome new dive buddies, and learned a great deal. I have also had a few disputes in the 5 or 6 years I have been visiting, but that is to be expected. Divers can be an extremely independent, and even opinionated group of people, and sometimes we are not going to see eye to eye.
I wandered in to SB, quite by accident, while researching a dive destination, but I stayed for all of the above reasons. It is a fun and educational group of fellow divers, who all share one thing with me, and that is a love for the world beneath the water. Even when we do not always agree on what is the best way to enjoy that underwater world, we have more in common with each other, than divers do with those who have no interest in that alternate world!
