Your first/most interesting diving experience.

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14799360#post14799360 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hamiltonguy
Wow awesome pic. Not so awesome for the pilot that was in there (hopefully he was able to eject).

A quick question for the diver's out there, how "hard" is it diving?

I know it becomes second nature after you've been on "3300 dives" (Steve) but when first starting out. Is it easy to maneuver?

My recollection (I know, that is the second thing to go) is that for the first 3-400 dives, I was thinking about diving skills but after that it became much less of a thinking issue. Even in the beginning it was not "hard" but it did require conscious thought.

New divers tend to use their arms to maneuver, which is totally contraproductive; the biggest learning issue for newer divers is to make their buoyancy automatic. Now, skills are completely intuitive; that is I can feel if things are right. But I do dive using a computer which makes the thought process much easier especially when incurring decompression liability.
 
My first dive was to a 120 ft in Subic Bay, Philippines. Got Narc'd (nitrogen narcosis)
 
Snorkel Bora Bora!

Snorkel Bora Bora!

Was there a couple years ago - awsome!

Best thing was the Maxima's! Clams everywhere.
If you go snorkeling between the moto's and the outer reefs, the current flows several knots like a river. Walk up to one end, then do a float down to the other.

There are a couple different outfits there that organize a day snorkeling trip around the island. The stingray feeding is really cool.

Don't get me wrong, I love the diving. But there is also something great about no gear in shallow water. Several places I sat in 1-2' of water and just watched gobie/pistol shrimp hang out.

Here's a pick from Fiji last summer.

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snorvich: I just looked at your website and you have some great shots! Where in the world did you find the human skulls at? It looks like something out of a pirate movie... You should post that photo for everyone to see.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14796713#post14796713 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HomeSlizzice
Casino Point in Catalina, California it was awesome! I would recommend diving to EVERYBODY!

I think that is near if not the exact same spot where I had my second dive. It was so cool, and it was also my first dive in someplace that wasn't dark. I had only previously been diving (and certified) in underground caverns a hundred miles or so from where I live. While it was cool as hell it was another thing entirely to dive at that Avalon catalina point area. I remember just the initial visibility of that whole diving area was mind blowing to me when I entered the water.

And to the OP who asked what it's like. I've only been four times. To me it was like I was floating in space. It's one of those "incredibly calming vibe" feelings. Also, Initially I was always cold. The only thing I seemed to hear is my own breathing, and seeing the bubbles from it once in a while. And you have the feeling of being weightless. At first my breath would be fast but after a couple of minutes my breathing would slow more, and more. And you keep seeing these incredible things on rocks.

I remember at that time being 100 pounds soaking wet and having the hardest time getting my suit over certain parts of my then developing body. I can only imagine what it would be like now.
Oh...lol...I also remember the difference between being weightless in water and getting back on the boat with a tank on your back. :lol: Thank goodness someone helped me get the thing off my back so I wouldn't just dangle there on the side of the boat. lol Being the gender with less upper body strength I think the weight of the tanks actually threw me backwards in the water.

Thanks for giving me that incredible memory. The whole four times (woo hoo) i've been diving it was absolutely the most wonderful experience ever. Oddly, I've never been diving since. Seems like that was another lifetime lol.

I can't wait to read how your first dive goes.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14803294#post14803294 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by IridescentLily
I can't wait to read how your first dive goes.

Yeah I can't wait either, hopefully everything works out this summer and I'll be able to go :D.

Thanks for everyone else who posted as well some crazy stores.

Shark swimming through you're legs, that's nuts! Man if anything like that ever happens on my first dive, I am sooooooo outta there. Or diving in the middle of 50 reef sharks, they're obviously not as harmful as let's say great whites but still a little freaky.

And I can just imagine how it must be having the lights go out all of a sudden then realizing it's actually because there's a giant whale shark on top of you. That must of been a fun experience.

+1 on Steve posting more pics :rollface:

Another I gotta ask, what's the most interesting "souvenir" you've brought back from a dive? (could be an odd picture or even something physical or a fish or something).
 
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