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View Poll Results: Are you a Certified Diver?
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Old 05-20-2008, 07:55 AM
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I've got have my PADI open water. Did the first two dives, then didn't have time to do the second two. It's been over 2 years and just haven't had the time to go and do it.
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Old 05-20-2008, 12:29 PM
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My fiancee' is a certified dive instructor (NAUI) and is teaching me now. I will do my open water tests during an August vacation to Vancouver island, and have my certification for our Mexican honeymoon in November.
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Veng68 View Post
I wish [can't swim]

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
You don't need to swim to dive, just sink!!

Anyways, I'm a Divemaster & I did my swiftwater rescue tech many years ago. I still go quite often on our local wrecks with some of the guys & gals at work.

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Old 05-20-2008, 08:49 PM
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Padi ....and have been diving for about 16 years. Mostly the west coast off Van. island...but have dived in Can cun area. Of course I enjoyed Cancun area more. But there is lots to be said about diving the west coast.
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Old 05-21-2008, 02:39 AM
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two years diving, all coldwater (some very cold winter diving). PADI recreational diver and scientific diver cert. All of my diving has been confined to Howe Sound because i work on a grant and my work centers in the Sound. I realllllllly want to get out diving on the outer coast of Van island.
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Old 05-21-2008, 03:43 AM
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Me, not yet. Brother did the work in a dive shop / dive master thing and then commerical diving for a bit, never has had a tank (fw or sw).
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Old 05-21-2008, 04:23 AM
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I have advanced certificates with both PADI & NAUI (remember them to be more popular back in the day ) My instructor would teach up here during the summer & head down to the caribbean to take out tours & do some photography during the winter. I wanted to become a commercial diver, but wasnt very favorable for family life.
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Old 05-23-2008, 06:17 PM
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I have 2 certifications, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and the Open water diver. I was trying to work my way up to PADI Master Scuba Diver but I moved here to Vancouver and I refuse to dive in cold water after trying it once...

I have not gone on a dive for like 2 years now I used to get to go about once a month in the keys). Our last dive was the Great Barrier Reef though

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Old 05-23-2008, 06:23 PM
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20 miute certifacation in mexico. but i voted no because it will never hold up anywhere else. lol. It was awsome though and would like to get certifide but I can't swim.
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Old 05-23-2008, 07:57 PM
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So anyone in the GVRD want to plan a huge group dive?
Maybe get some of the peaple who haven't been out in awhile out again

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