Mike Yasin
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I'll start-- April and November vids (Maui) One dive was in the Maui Ocean Center Shark Tank!
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Yep-- I was certified in Monterey. Cold! cool stars and anemones, yes. Also, Kelp Forest is pretty awesome, but that's a boat dive.I want to get my license but didn’t want to do the certification in CT in the Long Island sound. But I have done the discovery dives in Fiji, Costa Rica, and Columbia. Fiji was cool since it was beach entry, walking out to dive instead of jumping off a boat was pretty fun, we didn’t need to stop at 10’ since it was such a gradual depth increase.
Has anyone dived around the Bay Area? There’s cold water anemones to see, right?
I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the game subnautica, but after playing that kelp forests pretty much terrify me. But I am a mild thalassophobiak alreadyYep-- I was certified in Monterey. Cold! cool stars and anemones, yes. Also, Kelp Forest is pretty awesome, but that's a boat dive.
I'm not sure I'd do it again -- there was an otter who ( I think) had in for me...would not let me near a a certain spot. dive master said she was probably a new mom.I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the game subnautica, but after playing that kelp forests pretty much terrify me. But I am a mild thalassophobiak already
That was awesome, I bet! I did the GBR out of Port Douglas 16 years ago.... we have the pics somewhere, but sadly before GoProI dive. I did a liveaboard on the Great Barrier Reef a few years ago. I should find the video and pictures.
Indo, Philippines, and the Red Sea are my bucket list dives! Some day...Anyone do diving in Indonesia? Nusa penida and gili t are great places if you wanna see sunfish, manta rays and miles and miles of beautiful coral. We should do a BAR dive trip
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I want to get my license but didn’t want to do the certification in CT in the Long Island sound. But I have done the discovery dives in Fiji, Costa Rica, and Columbia. Fiji was cool since it was beach entry, walking out to dive instead of jumping off a boat was pretty fun, we didn’t need to stop at 10’ since it was such a gradual depth increase.
Has anyone dived around the Bay Area? There’s cold water anemones to see, right?
usually discovery dives dont need safety stops since you dont go or stay deep enough right? or did the requirements and procedures change.... were you strapped to a dive master during your trip? haha
Limit is 30’ I believe? The beach entry was with a group with two dive masters, one at the front and one at the back. The other two dives were with a dive master and just one other person. For the two boat ones I remember having to do one stop on the way up, but I’m not positive. I just followed the dive master and focused on the other things like breathing and checking out fish
@Mike Yasin which aquarium did you dive in with the sharks?
We did the coursework and pool dives here, but then went to Maui to get the final certification for that very reason. And my excuse was that my daughter was only 12 at the time and I didn’t want her to get dismayed or quit cuz of the cold and the extra weight, etc.Got licensed in Monterey too. Cold as hell. Did a couple of dives in the Bahamas.
Yep-- I was certified in Monterey. Cold! cool stars and anemones, yes. Also, Kelp Forest is pretty awesome, but that's a boat dive.
My bucket list is to dive Ras Mohammed and Sharm el Sheikh on the Red Sea. I became interested in coral and diving because of growing up
- Kona, HI
- Did the Manta Ray Night Dive...which I highly recommend. We saw seven of them on our dive, and they came so close to us I literally had to duck my head a few times to avoid being bumped into
- Maui, HI
- Turtle Bay once, Molokini Crater twice. Molokini Crater was, by far, my favorite dive I've ever done...particularly since we saw a humpback whale in the crater with us.
We both must have Mid. Eastern dads--- same here with dad's stories about catching rides across Jordan to play at the beach