Does anyone here scuba dive?

[ultraspec]

If so how long have you been doing it, what is your certification level and where all have you dived at?

 

[IndyMonkey]

If so how long have you been doing it, what is your certification level and where all have you dived at?

14 years
Open water (Im not big on classes, give the basic's and I will get the rest from experience)
Lots of east coast Florida time catching lobsters
spent a few weeks in the Bahamas in a small boat around some very small secluded Islands.
Grand and little Cayman
Belize
Cozumel
Aruba
Some fresh water in the springs of Florida
One dive in a rock quarry in Indiana to get certified...never been back.
Over 400 dives in Salt water.

Sadly since my wife/dive buddy became a mom she has no interest in diving anymore.

 

[rockhopper46038]

Yes, but not for a few years now. PADI cert, Open Water. Mostly Caribbean dives around Belize, St. Lucia, Cozumel, Anegada, etc.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Advanced OW and Rescue Diver, but I only dabble at it. I've never dove anything but quarries and lakes around S. Indiana. Done a bit of equipment recovery from the muck.

 

[Bubbajms]

I'd have to look, but I've been diving around 8 years. AOW diver, PADI/NAUI/YMCA. I like the florida keys and atlantic coast, but I usually end up at the bottom of a pool or something trying to fix a stuck drain valve..

 

[Hemingway]

NAUI. All over Puerto Rico, USVI, BVI, Caymans. The usual stuff.

I did it cause I was living in PR. I'd love to do it now but not to the point I'd travel all the way down there just to do it.

 

[WhitleyStu]

Advanced open water. Spent most of my bottom time at Gilboa, Ohio and Lake George. Found lots of cool items in Lake George including boat motors and the barns from before the area was flooded to create the lake.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break_room/68347-anyone_else_into_scuba.html

 

[Mike_Indy]

30 years. Mostly SE Florida and the Bahamas. A little in Cancun and Belize. Mostly free dive for lobster and spearfishing now. I've not used tanks for quite a while.
Open Water - never interested in the certification levels. For me diving is about productivity (Food), not sight-seeing.

 

[IndyMonkey]

30 years. Mostly SE Florida and the Bahamas. A little in Cancun and Belize. Mostly free dive for lobster and spearfishing now. I've not used tanks for quite a while.
Open Water - never interested in the certification levels. For me diving is about productivity (Food), not sight-seeing.

ever make it down for Mini season and night diving for slobsters?

 

[colt45er]

If so how long have you been doing it, what is your certification level and where all have you dived at?

Since 2003 when I was certified. Through PADI, OW, AOW, Rescue, Night, Deep, Underwater Propulsion Vehicle, Underwater Naivgation, Equipment Specilist, O2 provider, and I think a few others that I cant remember. I got my Master Diver cert a few years back.

My only SSI cert is for Nitrox.

Sadly I havn't done much diving lately, but I do love it.

14 years
Open water (Im not big on classes, give the basic's and I will get the rest from experience)
Lots of east coast Florida time catching lobsters
spent a few weeks in the Bahamas in a small boat around some very small secluded Islands.
Grand and little Cayman
Belize
Cozumel
Aruba
Some fresh water in the springs of Florida
One dive in a rock quarry in Indiana to get certified...never been back.
Over 400 dives in Salt water.

Sadly since my wife/dive buddy became a mom she has no interest in diving anymore.

Belize and Cozumel are my two favorites! I wish I could get my wife to dive, but she has no interest.

 

[1032JBT]

I have been diving for about 7 years as a rescue/recovery diver for my PD , mostly retention ponds and quarrys.

PADI:

Open Water
Advanced Open Water
Rescue


Dive Rescue International:

DRI 1
DRI 2
DRI Rescue Diver
Med Dive



Have been out of the water for almost 2 years due to a blown ear drum (not directly dive related). Once the hole grew back I had negative pressure in that ear drum so I couldn't dive. Recently resolved that issue and went up to the hyperbaric chamber in Ft Wayne and got dropped to 120ft with no issues........and the doc pretty much slammed us down to 120 so I would definitly know if there was an issue.

 

[ultraspec]

Since 2003 when I was certified. Through PADI, OW, AOW, Rescue, Night, Deep, Underwater Propulsion Vehicle, Underwater Naivgation, Equipment Specilist, O2 provider, and I think a few others that I cant remember. I got my Master Diver cert a few years back.

My only SSI cert is for Nitrox.

Sadly I havn't done much diving lately, but I do love it.



Belize and Cozumel are my two favorites! I wish I could get my wife to dive, but she has no interest.

Thats alot of classes. I just completed my referral open water padi dive pool work and book work last weekend in chicago, and am going to Jamaica to finish up the open water dives down there where its warm next month. I dont know how far I want to go with it but I want to finish my open water cert and maybe take a couple of speciality classes.

 

[Jack Ryan]

If so how long have you been doing it, what is your certification level and where all have you dived at?

Advanced Open Water, pits about Indiana and IL, Dale Hollow.

Off and on since I was about 12 years old. Did it more in high school than I have since I actually got the certificates about 15 years ago.

 

[Mike_Indy]

ever make it down for Mini season and night diving for slobsters?

Yes, did mini-season last year and also took a group of guys from Indy later in August last year. I went again for the opening of the season this year. Did very well. Freezer is packed!

 

[IndyMonkey]

Yes, did mini-season last year and also took a group of guys from Indy later in August last year. I went again for the opening of the season this year. Did very well. Freezer is packed!

If you ever go back down on a guy trip hit me up.

 

[yotewacker]

Was on the Sheriff Dept. Dive team. Been doing it for 33 years
PADI:
Open Water
Advanced Open Water
Rescue

 

[Digital_photog]

Former instructor in the 1970's Have done a lot of Great Lakes wreck diving and ice diving. Also have been diving in many lakes in Indiana and other states. Salt water diving was marine biology studies in the Florida keys.

 

[mcgpz1]

string of padi certs including instructor/naui instructor/ IANTD full cave nitrox

dove the keys, florida springs, cozumel, caves @ akumal,bonaire,grand cayman,bimini and andros in the bahamas, most of the local stuff and dale hollow.
started in '93 then laid out for a little while but now little is old enough so we're crankin the program back up

 

[Indybeer]

PADI open water diver. Got certified back in early 80's when stationed at Kadina AB, Okinawa Japan. Did 200+ dives the three years I was there. Left in 83 and haven't been out since.

 

[E5RANGER375]

still have my gear but havent been in a while. Open Water, Advanced Open Water