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Any other divers out there? I know Salty Cs (Sam & Kerry) and SEA3PO (Joel & Sue) dive. PJ and I are taking classes to be certified. Having a great time in class and will be going out on a dive boat from Santa Barbara for our open water dives on March 20th.
 
Hi Roger. I started diving in 1959, back when the only regulators were the old Sea Hunt type. Two hose big things. Got re-certified in Maui about 15 years ago and then took Advanced Open Water. Now however I am just a fair weather diver. Water has to be about 65.
 
I am a NAUI dive intructor in Virginia and own The SCUBA Shack, where I train and sell equipment. I am also a school teacher-my real job. I am a new boat owner (Swee' Pea) and as soon as I master the art of seamanship, I intend to visit the dive sites that the commercial boats go to.
This site has been the best education in getting to know my C-Dory. Keep up the good work.
 
I too dive. I crew for fun on the Dina-Dee out of Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Mostly onshore wrecks in 60-90' as that's all there is except for sand bottom. Jersey shore bottom temps peak in the mid sixtys, so dry suits are the suits of choise. I usually go for lobster, sea bass, blackfish (AKA tautog, my favorite fish), or mussels. On a good night I'll only make enough in tips for dinner and drinks afterward, but at least I get a free ride. Visibility can be pretty iffy. The boat rules say that if I can't see my fins on the bottom, I abort the dive and blow the anchor back to the surface. A great night will have 40 to 50' vis, but normal is 15-20'. Not great, but if you want to dive often, you have to dive where you live.
 
I look forward to diving off of my new C-Dory in the San Juan Islands and BC Canada. I have been diving for 15 years the last 10 have been in the Pacific NW. The water is cold ranges bewteen 45-50 but with a dry suit and the use of Argon gas I can stay down for an hour and still be comfortable at the end of the dive. I got certified in Florida and dove down in the Keys and Bahamas quite a bit before moving to the Pacific NW. I had read about the diving here but did not realize just how good it was until I started diving here. There are dive sites most up in Canada that for color and life far exceeds anything I ever saw in the tropics.
 
Hi Roger,

I am a Padi certified diver. Before I had my heart trouble :unlove , I was looking forward to some dive trips over the summer to the local islands. Now that my heart is repaired, I will be getting checked out by a DAN doctor so that I may start diving again. If you guys need a dive buddy this summer let me know. With the baby due in July, and my wife just quitting her job :cry , I have a feeling I will be waiting until next season to order my boat. :sad Have fun on your ocean dive.

Scott
 
Just got in from diving out at Santa Cruz Island. Made my first openwater dives (3), I still have a beach dive next Sunday, then I'll get my certification. Had a blast- picked up a lobster (out of season or I'd be eating it now) and when I turned it loose, it swam into my BC and got stuck.
OK baby- I'm ready for Catalina.
Roger
 
Ron-
I "walked" right up to a nice ling and measured with my outstretched arms before he moved (only moved a couple feet) he was a good 30". saw several nice sheephead and calicos among various other rockfish. We were diving 40+ feet just west of Painted Cave. Had one pesky little blue that keep swimming right up to my mask.
 
Roger,

I am not sure when the giant black sea bass hang out at catalina, but they are pretty cool to see if you get a chance. They hang out at about 50 feet in the kelp forest. They are about 7 feet long and weigh like 300-400 pounds. Also they don't get scared that easy, so you could go almost right up to them and they wont move. When I got certified the instructors new exactly where they were. I guess they go to the same place every year. I think it was in August. Have fun.

Scott
 
Yep I love to dive. I am currently a PADI/SDI Divemaster with ice search and rescue skills. I have only had to use those once and the DUI CF200 Dry Suit worked like a charm. We were on twin steel 120's under NITROX in 160' of water. It was a decomp dive and the Dry Suite kept me toasty and warm. The vis sucked at less than 2'. Where are you going to primarlly dive? Butch
 
Yeah, I love to dive too. I'm PADI Advanced Open Water and Nitrox qualed. Dive near Juneau Alaska. Haven't dove from my C-dory yet, but that is coming.
 
Yeah, I love to dive too. I'm PADI Advanced Open Water and Nitrox qualed. Dive near Juneau Alaska. Haven't dove from my C-dory yet, but that is coming.
 
Roger-

I used to dive, NAUI and Los Angeles County certified 1969, yep, way back, haven't done it in years though. The wife got alittle nervous about it when our 1st child came along. Wanted me to sell my equipment to buy a fancy baby carriage or something, can't quite remember exactly but we needed it more then a scuba tank, weight belt, wet suit, fins, mask, snorkel, and regulator.

Dan and Jan on Flat Iron
 
This is very fun to read, thanks. I've never done any diving, at least not on purpose.

Now then, what is the BC that FT was talking about?
 
Butch-
I will be doing most off my diving around the California Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara/Ventura coast. Our water temps range from the mid 50s to low 60s and up to the low 70s if I go down to Catalina Island. Surface temps was 54 last Saturday.

Scott-
We get a lot of the black bass around Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands also. I think the largest on record was caught off Anacapa (before they were protected)

Mike-
The BC is the Buoyancy Compensator vest that we wear to adjust for buoyancy at different levels under water and at the surface. It has an air bladder that you fill from your air tank. The BC serves multiple purposes- a mount for the tank and a place to carry your weights just to name a couple.
 
Flat Iron":a6w7z5t4 said:
Roger-

I used to dive, NAUI and Los Angeles County certified 1969

Dan and Jan on Flat Iron
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Dan,
Were we by chance in the same dive class? I was L. A. County certified in '69 also. Took a class at a dive shop in Sherman Oaks. Prior to that however, I started diving while I was in the Army. The first diving equipment I used was the "double hosed Lloyd Bridges Sea Hunt" outfit that I purchased at a pawn shop in Fayetteville, North Carolina (near Ft. Bragg)...yep...for several years I was self taught...Dumb, Daring and Dupid.. :crook . After the Army, did some diving in the ice cold lakes of Montana, then moved to Sherman Oaks, smartened up with a diving class, purchased lots of new diving gear and then enjoyed the diving around the Channel Islands, Catalina, San Clemente Island, Jade Cove (Big Sur area), then up to Washington and the San Juans. (then some low life stole all my diving gear and that was the end of my diving "career"). Never got back into it, however I have considered it now that I'm on the water again.
 
Hey Gange,

Just hooked myself up C-brat membership. Thought I'd get in on the scuba thred.

I'm a canned air addict from SF Bay. As soon as I can kick the scuba gear habit I'll be picking up a C-dory. It looks like the right boat for teaching small advanced and specialty classes up and down the coast.

What I need is enough space for four divers a dive master and myself plus a pill of gear. I still haven't figured out witch C-Dory is right for us, nor how I want to rig the swim ladder/platform. No big deal... I have some time.

Have fun :)
 
Hi Ty-
You might want to consider the TomCat. It has a better dive platform and more room than the 22'. The 25' has plenty of room, but you're still climbing in over the side.
 
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