Who scuba's here? Divers chime in!
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Who scuba's here? Divers chime in!
Both Curly and I are PADI divers. Curious who else around here enjoys scuba.
To start things off...
I'd advanced open water and have about 26 dives in. Just warm water vacation stuff over the last several years. Carribean, carribean side of mexico, honduras, belize, thailand. Just got back from Cabo yesterday. Took a trip out to Cabo Pulmo, a large and well established marine preserve about 2 hours from Cabo, an hour from where we stayed in San Jose del Cabo. Had been told by a dive shop here in Portland it is likely the best diving on the North American pacific coast. From the two dives I took I don't doubt it. Phenominal. Wish I'd gone there a second day instead if diving in Cabo earlier in the week. If you are going to Cabo, skip diving Cabo, take the trip up to Cabo Pulmo. Well worth the effort!
Couple of pics my dive buddy took on this trip...
To start things off...
I'd advanced open water and have about 26 dives in. Just warm water vacation stuff over the last several years. Carribean, carribean side of mexico, honduras, belize, thailand. Just got back from Cabo yesterday. Took a trip out to Cabo Pulmo, a large and well established marine preserve about 2 hours from Cabo, an hour from where we stayed in San Jose del Cabo. Had been told by a dive shop here in Portland it is likely the best diving on the North American pacific coast. From the two dives I took I don't doubt it. Phenominal. Wish I'd gone there a second day instead if diving in Cabo earlier in the week. If you are going to Cabo, skip diving Cabo, take the trip up to Cabo Pulmo. Well worth the effort!
Couple of pics my dive buddy took on this trip...
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250+ dives here.
Philippines, Thailand, Red Sea, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Tobago, Grenada, SoCal.
Philippines far and away the best. I hear some of the few places in the world that are better include Palau, Galapagos, Papua New Guinea. But those cost 2x~4x the Philippines does.
Diving with dolphins in the Red Sea was damn cool though.
But here was my most unforgettable dive of all, in the Philippines:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/phi...ive-death.html
Philippines, Thailand, Red Sea, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, Tobago, Grenada, SoCal.
Philippines far and away the best. I hear some of the few places in the world that are better include Palau, Galapagos, Papua New Guinea. But those cost 2x~4x the Philippines does.
Diving with dolphins in the Red Sea was damn cool though.
But here was my most unforgettable dive of all, in the Philippines:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/phi...ive-death.html
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If you scuba'd you'd learn to equalize that pressure. Even as an adult I used to hurt for days after flying due to my ears not releasing or adjusting pressure. One quicky "resort course" scuba lesson solved that issue for me. Equalizing the pressure works both above and below water.
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All I've been doing is warm water vacation diving. There's good cold water diving here in the NW supposedly, but I'm not really thrilled by the thought of dry suit diving. Most of what I've done is in a 2-3 mil shorty (and often didn't need that) with 50-100' visibility.
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