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Old 10/31/2007, 10:14 AM
sasscuba sasscuba is offline
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Question How old are you and how long have you been scuba diving?

Curious to see how old everyone is and how long you have been diving?

I am 37 and I have been diving for 25 years.
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Old 11/01/2007, 12:03 PM
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28, NAUI cert in 1995
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Old 11/02/2007, 01:13 AM
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14, 2 years PADI!
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Old 11/02/2007, 02:19 AM
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21, diving since i was 13. Snorkelling since i can remember.
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Old 11/02/2007, 12:46 PM
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Been diving for 24 years, and I'm not telling you how old I am
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Old 11/02/2007, 04:50 PM
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Ditto's Bill.... me either....diving for 21 years here myself....you beat me a bit old timer!!!
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Old 11/03/2007, 07:12 AM
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diving since 83 while I was in eleventh grade of high school.seeing the ocean is what got me started in this hobby,so...Ive been in this hobby just as long as ive been taking the plung
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Old 11/03/2007, 01:15 PM
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I am 30, and got certified for my 30th birthday.
(have wanted to for years)
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Old 11/03/2007, 07:40 PM
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Congrats man!!!! Happy diving!!!
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Old 11/04/2007, 05:10 PM
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Congrats man!!!! Happy diving!!!
Thanks!
It took a little while to talk my wife into it, but in the end she enjoys diving as much as I do. We did our open water dives at SeaBase and my birthday dive trip was to Cozumel.
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Old 11/04/2007, 09:23 PM
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i got mine at age 13 and i dont have to get it renewed. i am now 16 so iv been diving for 3 years. i have done about 30 dives only in freshwater but i am going to key wast for thanksgiving and we are going to scuba dive there.
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Old 11/06/2007, 09:30 PM
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I am 45 yrs old and have been diving for 19 yrs.
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Old 11/07/2007, 11:59 PM
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i was certified under nasds in 74. i dont even think they exist anymore.
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Old 11/08/2007, 11:39 AM
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I think i was 14 started with snuba i stop about 5 years ago and i'm 52 years old and the irony is in a work dive manufacturing company and i stop doing it isn't that crazy
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Old 11/09/2007, 02:11 PM
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i was certified under nasds in 74. i dont even think they exist anymore.
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As of May 1, 2003, the website for NASDS has been discontinued. Since SSI and NASDS merged in 1999, the need for the NASDS website has diminished, as all of the programs of SSI and NASDS have been fully merged into one company.
http://www.ssiusa.com/history.htm
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Old 11/09/2007, 02:26 PM
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how about posting some pictures of reefs that you have dove at??
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Old 11/12/2007, 08:46 AM
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46, 1 year.
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Old 11/12/2007, 04:37 PM
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Certified PADI in 1981. Currently I have over 300 dives logged. I was 17 when I got my cert...you do the math .
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Old 11/12/2007, 05:52 PM
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34-two months padi
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Old 11/12/2007, 10:10 PM
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Hey thanks for info! I have been out of the loop for a while and wondered what happend them
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Old 11/13/2007, 01:24 AM
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Hey thanks for info! I have been out of the loop for a while and wondered what happend them
NP.
I did a lot of research before certifying SSI. Ultimately I think the teacher matters more than the program, but I couldn't be happier than I am with our SSI experience.
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Old 11/14/2007, 01:58 PM
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I am 31 and was certified when I was 10 yrs. I grew in Gitmo Bay, Cuba. Diving was everything there!
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Old 11/15/2007, 02:23 AM
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Some of the places i have dived recently:

Heron Island:


Wheeler Reef:




Magnetic Island:


Orpheus Island:




Davis Reef:





S.S. Yongala:




I turned tropical in 2005 when i went to the GBR to study marine biology, hence all the reefs.
I still love diving and snorkelling in temperate waters though, it's how i grew up.
Of my 21 years, i have spent 8 years diving and ~15 snorkelling so far, with many, many more to come!

Incidentally i'm Padi certified.
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Old 11/15/2007, 04:25 PM
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31, PADI certified in 07. So far I've only been on one diving trip, to Okinawa.
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Old 11/15/2007, 08:44 PM
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26, been diving since I was 18. Dive for a local Search and recovery team.
 

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