Who am I and what diving do I do?

[Juz]

Originally Posted by jptaylor9

What ONE other question should I have included?
Nappy or p-valve?

For the close future, I still have a bladder that works, but I am fearful of age altering this fact!

Juz

[Pigpen]

Name
Geoff

Location
Yorkshire


First Qualified
Oct 98 PADI OW

Club Member
No


Highest Diving Qualification
PADI Rescue Diver


Instructor Yes/No
No


What other training have you found most rewarding
The Rescue Course opened my eyes a lot.


What’s your standard Kit
12 or 15 singles


Where do you usually Dive
Abroad

Number of Dives
260


Deepest Dive
40m


Longest Dive
90 mins


Favourite Dive
SS Yongala


Worst Dive
The Benwood (a wreck off Florida Keys)

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Indonesia (again).

[Noel Johnson]

Originally Posted by Geoff Milne

What’s your standard Kit
12 or 15 singles

Blimey that must be a big rig

[Dave Crampton]

Originally Posted by Jules

Name
Julia

....


What ONE other question should I have included?
What is the best post dive chocolate biscuit?
Tunnock's Choclate covered Caramel water

Correction DARK Chocolate Tunnocks Caramel Wafers (Plural)

[Juz]

There is only a couple of replies from people with less than 1,000 posts. Roll up, don't be shy, even if you have 30 or 50 dives, you must still have a favourite dive and almost certainly a dive that you aspire to, or want to do.

We'd love to hear from you.

Juz

[purple vonny]

Name
Yvonne / Von / Vonster / Vonny / oi you

Location
Weymouth

First Qualified
April 2000

Club Member
Sort of (still a member of Brecon club)


Highest Diving Qualification
BSAC OWI
PADI OWSI


Instructor Yes/No
only just

What other training have you found most rewarding
Dive leader training was a hoot and very useful


What’s your standard Kit
Girly singles - 10, 12 or 15


Where do you usually Dive
Weymouth and Red Sea a couple of times a year

Number of Dives
500 +


Deepest Dive

46m

Longest Dive

106 minutes


Favourite Dive
Rosalie Moller (but it's a tough question)



Worst Dive

Wattick Bay (whatnofish? Bay) Milford Haven

What dive/trip would you most like to do

Lots..... Belize or Galapagos top of the list though

Post dive snack... Chocolate, cup of tea and bag of nuts.

[Druid]

Originally Posted by Juz

There is only a couple of replies from people with less than 1,000 posts. Roll up, don't be shy, even if you have 30 or 50 dives, you must still have a favourite dive and almost certainly a dive that you aspire to, or want to do.

We'd love to hear from you.

Juz

OK then

Name
Pete

Location
West Midlands

First Qualified
2/11/97 - PADI OW

Club Member
No

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI RD

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
Rescue Diver

What’s your standard Kit
Single 12l and pony

Where do you usually Dive
About 50/50 split between UK muddy puddles and clear blue water abroad.

Number of Dives
240

Deepest Dive
38m

Longest Dive
78 mins

Favourite Dive
Hard to pick one. As long as I don't have to work too hard and there's plenty to see, I'm happy

Worst Dive
Trearddur Bay, Anglesey. I got caught in a current and swept out to sea. It was a hard swim back to shore, and an even harder climb onto the rocks to get back out. I had about 25 dives at the time, almost all of them in Stoney Cove. Diving in the sea is kind of different to diving in quarries.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Hard to pick one (again), but HMS Victoria appeals because of the orientation of the wreck. Truk because of the sheer number of wrecks. Blue Hole in Dahab, just because...

What ONE other question should I have included?
Marmite - love or hate?

[JAG]

Name
Ian/JAG

Location
Essex

First Qualified
Sep 2002

Club Member
No

Highest Diving Qualification
TDI Advanced Nitrox & Deco Procedures

Instructor Yes/No
No

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 12's & 7L Ali Stage

Where do you usually Dive
Sea: Brighton/Weymouth/Plymouth
Inland: Gildenburgh

Number of Dives
250-300

Deepest Dive
48m

Longest Dive
112mins

Favourite Dive (Sorry, couldn't keep it to one)
UK: HMS Sidon/M2/The Big 7
Abroad: SS Thistelgorm/Comino Caves

Worst Dive
HMS Sapper

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Truk

What ONE other question should I have included?
What's the most useful tip ever passed on to you?

[Flapster]

Name
Jon

Location
London

First Qualified
December 2005

Club Member
Not yet! Possibly joining a london club very soon


Highest Diving Qualification
PADI AOW + Deep Speciaility
Depending on whether I join a club, will hopefully work towards Sports Diver



Instructor Yes/No
Nope!

What other training have you found most rewarding
None as yet - doing Nitrox Speciaility in September which should be good!


What’s your standard Kit
I don't own any kit! Will prolly buy myself a dive computer


Where do you usually Dive
Dived in Thailand, Oz, NZ, Fiji (spot the post-university gap year student!)and Malta. Don't have a usual

Number of Dives
54


Deepest Dive

43m

Longest Dive

bout 60 mins!


Favourite Dive
Prolly Yongala in Oz or Volkner Rocks in NZ



Worst Dive

Dived with this shoddy company in Fiji, mask kept leaking, instructors were shit etc, and had to abandon dive early

What dive/trip would you most like to do
So many! Would love, love, love to dive with Mantas!

Also, I enjoy seeing the bigger marine life, would love to see whale shark, or even whales!

[Juz]

Originally Posted by JAG

What ONE other question should I have included?
What's the most useful tip ever passed on to you?

That's a great question! Added to my original post.

Mine was Get a Buddy SMBCi - the SMB with the little crack bottle - amazing bit of kit!

Juz