Finally got into SCUBA

mdxj · 05-19-2012, 08:45 PM

I finally broke down and finished my PADI Open Water and now I am working on my advanced. Thankfully this hobby isn't too expensive and so far I have been on some really cool dives. Now I just need to start filming them. I went a head and bought everything minus a tank. I am in the carribbean for work right now so it was a perfect excuse. I have a Cressi S300 BCD, MC9 stage 1 and Ellipse Balanced (adjustable) stage 2. Did my first night dive too and that was a blast! When I go home there won't be any dives like this but there are some good dives not too far away and will make for fun weekend trips.

Isamu · 05-19-2012, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mdxj

I finally broke down and finished my PADI Open Water and now I am working on my advanced. Thankfully this hobby isn't too expensive and so far I have been on some really cool dives. Now I just need to start filming them. I went a head and bought everything minus a tank. I am in the carribbean for work right now so it was a perfect excuse. I have a Cressi S300 BCD, MC9 stage 1 and Ellipse Balanced (adjustable) stage 2. Did my first night dive too and that was a blast! When I go home there won't be any dives like this but there are some good dives not too far away and will make for fun weekend trips.

congrats! and it's not TOO expensive... what did you pay for your cert?
I live in ND, so I didn't see a point in buying anything more then Snorkel gear.. even tho I "deploy" to Guam every year... I can't be lugging all that extra gear around...

here are just a few of the pics.. I took..

mdxj · 05-19-2012, 09:21 PM

I paid $295 for my open water and that was including rental. My advanced is free since I bought my gear from the dive shop. Nitrox will be next. Bringing everything back will be fun but there are a few others with me who brought everything down here with them. I have seen a few turtles while snorkeling but not on a dive.

Isamu · 05-19-2012, 09:30 PM

170$ for my cert.. I have hit 152ft... I hold my squadrons deep dive record...

max dive time 59 minutes... and I only came up because my dive partner surfaced...

When I go back, I am hoping to complete my wreck dive cert..

mdxj · 05-19-2012, 09:49 PM

Haven't made it that deep yet! 100ft is the deepest so far.

Isamu · 05-19-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mdxj

Haven't made it that deep yet! 100ft is the deepest so far.

naughty naughty.. you shouldn't even be that deep on your open water...

130ft is the rec dive limit... oops

mdxj · 05-19-2012, 10:24 PM

The 100ft was my deep dive for my advanced cert. I still have my navigation dive left but I am almost done with this course.

Isamu · 05-19-2012, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mdxj

The 100ft was my deep dive for my advanced cert. I still have my navigation dive left but I am almost done with this course.

Bucketlist2012 · 05-19-2012, 10:42 PM

I was going to say, " How long have you been dating her", and "Scuba" is a funny name, but that may be a little too much ...

mdxj · 05-19-2012, 10:59 PM

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I was going to say, " How long have you been dating her", and "Scuba" is a funny name, but that may be a little too much ...

I didn't think about that!

Bucketlist2012 · 05-19-2012, 11:42 PM

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I didn't think about that!

I had more, but I don't want to be banned,haha

Isamu · 05-20-2012, 12:23 AM

SailFree · 05-20-2012, 06:58 PM

Not a deep dive, but interesting. The wreck is slowly deteriorating. Lots of open holes in the hull, swimming in and out and around. That's the wreck where Nick Nolte and Jackie Bisset were filmed in "The Deep." Not all that deep. As I recall, just 40-50 feet. One can see the exact spot where Ms. Bisset pretended to be grabbed and tugged under the hull in one of the movie's most famous sequences. The professional divers were fond of referring to her as "Jackie BigChest" because of the wet t-shirt sequences.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1337554630

kdo2milger · 05-20-2012, 07:00 PM

Scuba! ^^ shes doing it right!

mdxj · 05-20-2012, 07:19 PM

The funny thing, there are a lot of hot dutch students out here and they all flock to the dive shop! That would be a cool wreck to see.

05-19-2012, 08:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
mdxj Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OKC Posts: 290 Drives: 09 Nismo, 98 Jeep XJ Rep Power: 14	Finally got into SCUBA I finally broke down and finished my PADI Open Water and now I am working on my advanced. Thankfully this hobby isn't too expensive and so far I have been on some really cool dives. Now I just need to start filming them. I went a head and bought everything minus a tank. I am in the carribbean for work right now so it was a perfect excuse. I have a Cressi S300 BCD, MC9 stage 1 and Ellipse Balanced (adjustable) stage 2. Did my first night dive too and that was a blast! When I go home there won't be any dives like this but there are some good dives not too far away and will make for fun weekend trips. __________________ '09 370 base - RIP '09 370 Nismo - New track car

05-19-2012, 09:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
mdxj Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OKC Posts: 290 Drives: 09 Nismo, 98 Jeep XJ Rep Power: 14	I paid $295 for my open water and that was including rental. My advanced is free since I bought my gear from the dive shop. Nitrox will be next. Bringing everything back will be fun but there are a few others with me who brought everything down here with them. I have seen a few turtles while snorkeling but not on a dive. __________________ '09 370 base - RIP '09 370 Nismo - New track car

05-19-2012, 09:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
mdxj Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OKC Posts: 290 Drives: 09 Nismo, 98 Jeep XJ Rep Power: 14	Haven't made it that deep yet! 100ft is the deepest so far. __________________ '09 370 base - RIP '09 370 Nismo - New track car

05-19-2012, 10:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
mdxj Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OKC Posts: 290 Drives: 09 Nismo, 98 Jeep XJ Rep Power: 14	The 100ft was my deep dive for my advanced cert. I still have my navigation dive left but I am almost done with this course. __________________ '09 370 base - RIP '09 370 Nismo - New track car

05-19-2012, 10:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bucketlist2012 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,424 Drives: 370Z Touring/Sport Rep Power: 16	I was going to say, " How long have you been dating her", and "Scuba" is a funny name, but that may be a little too much ... __________________ 2009 Sport/Touring 370Z 1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed GMC Sierra1500

05-20-2012, 07:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
kdo2milger OG Priesthood Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 17,859 Drives: NISMO T Rep Power: 59	Scuba! ^^ shes doing it right! __________________ Project *NISMO*

05-20-2012, 07:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
mdxj Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: OKC Posts: 290 Drives: 09 Nismo, 98 Jeep XJ Rep Power: 14	The funny thing, there are a lot of hot dutch students out here and they all flock to the dive shop! That would be a cool wreck to see. __________________ '09 370 base - RIP '09 370 Nismo - New track car

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