Any divers on here?

[JC316]

As mentioned before Cozumel is awesome! Palancar reef is the coolest one I have seen so far. There is cave diving but I have no interest in that. You recovery guys are a different breed! I have stayed at Fiesta Americana and for the all inclusive price it's pretty decent.
Clear spring in Terrell is a good local spot to dive. Beware some of the fish will bite on your ear! Last I went there it was about $25 to get in. You can check water conditions on their website. The water can be cloudy sometimes. It's also cold on the bottom around 50-60ft, but with the heat it may be nice it just depends how well you tolerate the cold. Out all of my hobbies Diving is on top of the list.

$20 to get into Clear Spring and $8 air fills. Yes, the brim are aggressive little fuckers out there during spawn season. They will chew the shit out of your ears.

[ARIX]

$20 to get into Clear Spring and $8 air fills. Yes, the brim are aggressive little fuckers out there during spawn season. They will chew the shit out of your ears.

Lol I had teeth marks on my ear lobe. I have dove with sharks but get attacked by these little bastards in fresh water.

[JC316]

Lol I had teeth marks on my ear lobe. I have dove with sharks but get attacked by these little bastards in fresh water.

My instructor told me that he has been certified since 1986 and not once had he been attacked by the wildlife until he got out there. Before we got in, he showed us the sign for shark and told us to use it if one was eyeballing his ear.

[Binky]

Few weeks ago -

Lil Fuckers

[ARIX]

Few weeks ago -

Lil Fuckers

They look very ominous there.

[Binky]

They were lining up for their turns.

[03trubluGT]

I started diving when I was stationed in Gitmo in 1987. I was in the water every 3 days or so and absolutely LOVE to dive. It's some of the best exercise you can get. I would literally eat like a horse after dives.

The bad thing about being certified in Gitmo was being spoiled on 200' visibility.

When I got out of the service and looked into diving around here, there's no way I can live with 5-30' visibility.

I was working on my Dive Master with PADI when I transferred out of Gitmo, so I never got that cert.

[Danny46]

I haven't been on a dive in a long time but I am Padi certified. Would love to go again! I got quailed and learned to dive in Okinawa Japan. Amazing diving there, excellent vis (as long as there was not a typhoon in the neighborhood) cool stuff to see etc. Good times!

[Kyle]

Finished my second day of diving class. I decided to go with my buddy's dive shop in NRH called We B Divin'. The name is a little dumb, but the instructor is ex-military and very knowledgeable. He has been great so far.

The biggest thing I've had trouble with is recovering my air on the drill where you drop it behind you and do a sweep to recover it. To compensate I've been really good at reaching up to the hoses and tracing it down that way. We were only diving in a 12-15 ft pool, but I have enjoyed every minute of it so far! In two weeks we go to Clear Springs in Terrell to do the open water portion and hopefully I'll be certified after that!

A few friends and our wives are now planning a trip to Puerto Rico September 28 through October 2. We should have 3-4 divers and it will be my first time in the ocean. To try to get as much experience as possible, once certified I want to dive as many weekends as possible before we leave. Let me know if you're interested in diving with me to get my experience up.

[JC316]

Finished my second day of diving class. I decided to go with my buddy's dive shop in NRH called We B Divin'. The name is a little dumb, but the instructor is ex-military and very knowledgeable. He has been great so far.

The biggest thing I've had trouble with is recovering my air on the drill where you drop it behind you and do a sweep to recover it. To compensate I've been really good at reaching up to the hoses and tracing it down that way. We were only diving in a 12-15 ft pool, but I have enjoyed every minute of it so far! In two weeks we go to Clear Springs in Terrell to do the open water portion and hopefully I'll be certified after that!

A few friends and our wives are now planning a trip to Puerto Rico September 28 through October 2. We should have 3-4 divers and it will be my first time in the ocean. To try to get as much experience as possible, once certified I want to dive as many weekends as possible before we leave. Let me know if you're interested in diving with me to get my experience up.

Awesome! The sweep method is annoying, I always use the reach back method. Actually getting out of the pool is the fun part. Buoyancy is likely going to give you hell at first.

[Kyle]

Awesome! The sweep method is annoying, I always use the reach back method. Actually getting out of the pool is the fun part. Buoyancy is likely going to give you hell at first.

Buoyancy hasn't been terrible for me so far. Obviously I'm not even close to being where an experienced diver is, but in the pool I was able to cross my legs and while holding my fins up float above the bottom of the pool not touching it. I practiced this quite a bit today and tried to learn how to control my breathing to stay as steady as possible. I was getting pretty comfortable with that. The instructor had us practicing our decent to the bottom and to do our best to stop short of touching the bottom in a controlled manner. Everyone was struggling with that today, but I feel in a deeper body of water I should be better at as there just isn't much room to slow your decent in only 12-15 ft. I'm really excited about the dive in two weeks, I just hope that I don't immediately sink to the bottom lol.

One more thing. I'm the only one in the class so far that has done the roll off entry. No one else wanted to risk it, but I think it's more fun than just stepping off!

[hotrod66stang]

I decided to go with my buddy's dive shop in NRH called We B Divin'.

If that's the place off of Hwy 26 by TCC, I've been in there. The guys were really nice.

The biggest thing I've had trouble with is recovering my air on the drill where you drop it behind you and do a sweep to recover it.

Stay calm. Just remember that you have more air in your lungs than you think.

Let me know if you're interested in diving with me to get my experience up.

I'm down for diving locally. It would have to be at least Aug 4th when I can make it since I'm going on vacation, and you'll probably be finishing up your cert this coming weekend.