Who am I and what diving do I do?

[danphilly1984]

Name
Dan

Location
Cardiff

First Qualified
22-10-2006

Club Member
n/a

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI Divemaster

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
Learning to drive lorries. So much fun.

What’s your standard Kit
Seaquest Pro QD i3

Where do you usually Dive
at the moment - in the bath

Number of Dives
134

Deepest Dive
41.7m - Zenobia last year

Longest Dive
around 2 hours

Favourite Dive
Zenobia in Cyprus

Worst Dive
One where my old boss thought that it was calm enough to go in but was proven wrong a few minutes later.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Would love to dive with whale sharks

What ONE other question should I have included?
Fave bit of kit

[AirAssisted]

Name
Ian - but most people call me Ian

Location
Blackpool

First Qualified
a long time ago!

Club Member
mint chocolate flavour .... biscuit I assume you mean!

Highest Diving Qualification
erm, nitrox thingy

Instructor Yes/No
I can teach all sorts of things, most involve alcohol

What other training have you found most rewarding
Dog training worked well for my first dog, the cat training wasnt so productive.

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 12s and one of those small white cylidner type things

Where do you usually Dive
In the water.....

Number of Dives
a few hundred

Deepest Dive
54.summat

Longest Dive
92 minutes ... i did run out of air at one point ... but I carried on regardless!

Favourite Dive
Scapa Week 1 First trip

Worst Dive
Scapa week 1 second trip

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Scapa 200? with 'ma buddies'

What ONE other question should I have included?
Where have you been all this time!!

[Sixsquid]

Originally Posted by AirAssisted

Name
Ian - but most people call me Ian

What ONE other question should I have included?
Where have you been all this time!!

Where have you been all this time ? Ian

Met Copperband yet?

[Tunicates]

Name: Oliver

First Qualified: December 2005

Club: Batmacumba! Loving the Brazilian Drum and Bass...

Highest Diving Qualification: I never dive while loaded - and find it best not to take tests loaded either.

Instructor Yes/No: I can teach even the most lacking in balance and confidence to ride a bike.

Other training/most rewarding: Learning to drive. Only learnt a few years ago.

Standard kit: Whatever the hire centre gives me. Apart from my own mask and booties. Mmmn - comfortable feet......

Usual dive place: Red Sea ( for now )

How many:51

Deepest: ahem... 30m honest.....

Longest: 65min

Favourite: That one where you go down, and it gets deeper, and then you see all that stuff, and you go through that bit and then round there, and it all looks amaaaaaaazing, and then its over and you think - Ugh, who left all this dry stuff out here, let me get back in the water.

Worst: The one where your a bit concerned about your buddy, and theres too many divers in your group, and your not sure if your bouyancy is right and your either breathing right at the top of your lung capacity or right at the bottom, and your checking your air and your depth all the time, and did I mention being concerned about your buddy.....and then its over and your buddy says 'wow, that was great - did you see the "????"' and you think your not sure you remember seeing anything other than your pressure guage and your buddy.

Most like to: Do more diving.

Question should have asked: Flipper or Fin?

[deviousdan]

Just returned from 2 weeks in Sharm.
Learned to Dive. (Been an ambition for years)
Got totally bitten by the bug. Extended my holiday by an extra week!
Had Yorkshire Divers site recommended by a dive colleague.
Ended up with 20 open water dives after holiday.
Now looking for UK diving. Good local BSAC club and new dive buddies.


Name
Dan

Location
Torquay, Devon

First Qualified
18 / 01 / 2008 - PADI OW

Club Member
None at present, but looking.

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI Advanced Open Water, with Nitrox Certification

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
Nitrox is great for 3+ dives a day. Doesn't feel like you've run 12 miles after.

What’s your standard Kit
12ltrs, looking to get 10ltr twins.

Where do you usually Dive
Just the Red Sea at the moment. Gonna Dive the Torbay Area and Plymouth

Number of Dives
20

Deepest Dive
38m

Longest Dive
49mins

Favourite Dive
The Blue Hole, Dahab, Egypt

Worst Dive
Last dive of Advanced OW course.
Guy in our group must have dived with an empty tank! (not my buddy!)
5 mins into dive needs alternate buddy air.
He panics and bites the mouthpiece off the Reg!
Luckily I spotted it and our guide races in and gets him on his octopus.
Diver calms down and we continue the dive. Not ideal when your a novice.
Great experience though.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Scapa Flow

What ONE other question should I have included?
Looks pretty good to me.

[Juz]

Originally Posted by AirAssisted

Name
Favourite Dive
Scapa Week 1 First trip !

That was the one where he tried to mount the whale!

Juz

[Juz]

Originally Posted by deviousdan

Just returned from 2 weeks in Sharm.
Learned to Dive. (Been an ambition for years)
Got totally bitten by the bug.

Welcome to poverty!

Good to have you on board.

Juz

[hilrosepaul]

Name
Paul
Location
Manchester
First Qualified
25/07/2007 - BSAC OD
Club Member
Yes, Trafford Sub Aqua Club

Highest Diving Qualification
BSAC Sports Diver
Instructor Yes/No
No
What other training have you found most rewarding
HSE First Aid at Work and AED training - It's the training I've done that I don't want to have to use (apart from dishing out plasters)
Institute of Advanced Motorists
What’s your standard Kit
12ltr Single
Where do you usually Dive
In the UK - Most of my dives so far have been Quarries, but have also dived in the Sound of Mull, North Wales and Spain.
Number of Dives
28
Deepest Dive
20m in water 52.2m in a chamber
Longest Dive
45 mins
Favourite Dive
Tarifa, Costa Del Sol (with Buoyant Babe of this parish)/ Vivian Quarry (it's my quiet place)
Worst Dive
Threw a wobbler during a surface swim at Capernwray last year during my OD qualifying dives
What dive/trip would you most like to do
Red Sea / Galapagos / Maldives / GBR.
More realistically, the Farnes, Scapa Flow, Plymouth (Club trip this may - WooHoo); any where else in the UK
What ONE other question should I have included?
What's your favourite bit of Kit?

[Gram43]

Name
Graham

Location
Northumberland, The Farnes Riviera

First Qualified
1996, Padi OW

Club Member
No

Highest Diving Qualification
Padi Rescue, TDI ADV Nitrox and Deco Proc, Andy Hayhurst

Instructor Yes/No
No, don't be daft, who'd take notice of me??

What other training have you found most rewarding
All of it

What’s your standard Kit
Single 15 and pony, don't need nowt else, buy have some twin 12's I trying desperatly to have a go with

Where do you usually Dive
Farnes, Eyemouth and St. Abbs, now

Number of Dives
over 650

Deepest Dive
55m in Wastwater

Longest Dive
80 mins

Favourite Dive
Various in Cuba and Maldives, particularly with Sharks

Worst Dive
Second dive in Maldives, supposedly an easy bimble along a reef, which turned out to be a serious drift in the opposite direction to what was told. Dive aborted after 15 mins

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Anywhere like Scapa and Red Sea

[Paddy Diver]

Name?
Ian Kelleher

Location?
Ireland

First Qualified?
1999

Club Member?
Yup

Highest Diving Qualification?
BSAC Adv.Diver

Instructor Yes/No?
Yes

What other training have you found most rewarding?
TDI Adv.Nitrox & Deco

What’s your standard Kit?
Depends but probably twin 12's

Where do you usually Dive?
S.Ireland

Number of Dives?
Lots

Deepest Dive?
57m

Longest Dive?
90mins

Favourite Dive?
Anything Metal

Worst Dive?
Anything without metal

What dive/trip would you most like to do?
Truk lagoon or B.Atoll

What ONE other question should I have included?
Are you a Profressional diver? e.g do you teach for dosh?