BF2S Forums Calling all scuba divers

I went diving in...

Oh...


Wait...


I've never gone diving.
**sadface**

But yeah, can't help you here, being 14 can't really get into diving that much yet.(Mbe some pool dives, but hasn;t happened yet)

I got Padi certified back in 05...and have never been again since

Its fun but I get ridiculously sea sick on small dive boats, and didn't have much of my own gear.

I read about a sunken aircraft carrier in Pensacola, FL I believe.  I'm trying to go there this summer.

Edit: The ex-Oriskany, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, became the largest ship intentionally sunk as an artificial reef May 17 when it was sunk approximately 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla. at 212 ft.

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=23692

Last edited by Ganko_06 (2008-04-28 23:10:05)

naightknifar wrote:

I heard the great barrier is amazing.

Too far?

Not too far, just if hes paying for the flight I want more time there, we might do it though... It is Winter down under though...

Isn't 200 feet near the limits of scuba diving depths?

Nah, you can dive 200 feet on air, but it requires a very long decompression time (wiki decompression diving) basically, your body needs to gradually ascend to lower depths to burn off compressed Nitrogen in your tissues so it doesnt boil out and you get bent.

There is tri-mixes and heliox though (Helium, Nitrogen and Oxygen  |  Helium Oxygen)

but they require special training (see tec diving)

I mentioned not being certified in tec / wreck penetration for that reason of specialty dives


but that reminds me, I did a presentation of scuba diving for my computer class, my teacher asked,

"How far down can you go? Like a thousand feet?"

I just lol'd in his face.

Last edited by GodFather (2008-04-29 00:05:41)

we are gonna blow up one of our old ships soon off terrigal (15 mins drive from me)

HMAS-Adelaide

my dad has been around the world on that ship when he was in the navy, you should be able to dive there in a few years

Nappy wrote:

we are gonna blow up Adelaide.

Effing finally.

Red Sea is supposed to be good, my local BSAC club go there every year, and have done for the past 10+ years.

Really should get back into snorkelling, and perhaps diving

Perhaps look at Vanuatu. theres heaps of stuff from WW2 that was left behind in the sea. The USS President Coolidge was sunk in depth varying between 25 and 60 Metres. Also check "Million Dollar point" which was the dumping ground for tonned of US kit ( Jeeps, bulldozers, you name it up to 30 metres depth). ALso lots of Coral and Fish. We are going there this month but wont get a chance to Scuba dive.

What do you guys think about Belize?

Anyone been?