The Official Dive Buddy Thread

[El Dude]

Hey there, I'm always looking for new dive buddies so I figured I would start a thread. Here's how it will go, if you want to be on the dive buddy list post your name, agency, and interests. Any other info would be cool too, but not required, like cert level, experience, photos, favorite dive site, so on and so forth. I'll start it off...

Al
NAUI
SCUBA/Freediving/Spearfishing

 

[SaltyKoi]

Roy
PADI
Choc Mool ( this might change. Going to Fiji next year)
Wanna dive Catalina again soon.

 

[solitude127]

Mike
15 yrs exp.
Naui Advanced Cert

 

[gemini]

El Dude.. Lets spearfish!

I freedive

 

[espinobj]

My wife and I are bot open water paid cert. we also have all our gear. Our fav spot to dive is woods and divers cove in Laguna Beach.

 

[strenuous biomarker]

padi
spearfishing
crescent cove and Portuguese bend
advanced cert
and addicted
haha

 

[googoomas]

Thomas
Padi Rescue Diver
8 Years Experience
I like Shaw's and Catalina Locally
I have also dove in Hawaii
Looking forward to Diving in Thailand this August/Sept

 

[loppnessmonsta]

<--Beginner Freedive spearfishing

 

[BeanMachine]

Cody
Padi- Advanced open water cert
Have dove Catalina, laguna, the Florida keys multiple times, and Hawaii.

 

[benjaminS]

Hey bean does california compare to the tropics?

 

[benjaminS]

How do i get rid of pressure in my ear drums lol? After I divel ike 15-20 feet it starts to hurt -_-

 

[El Dude]

How do i get rid of pressure in my ear drums lol? After I divel ike 15-20 feet it starts to hurt -_-

Equalize! Equalize! EQUALIZE! Equalize at the surface, through your descent and again at depth. Plug your nose and try to push air through it. Your eustachian tubes will open and equalize pressure in your ears. If it doesn't happen right away then extend and wiggle your lower jaw like you are going to yawn. This is really important because if you do not equalize you will rupture your ear drums. I've seen it happen...not pretty.

 

[BeanMachine]

Chewing Gum to right hehe

 

[espinobj]

http://www.sportchalet.com/category/scuba/scuba+treasure+hunt.do?nType=2

Clue one is out! A little over a week to go!

 

[El Dude]

http://www.sportchalet.com/category/scuba/scuba+treasure+hunt.do?nType=2

Clue one is out! A little over a week to go!

That's tight! LA County Sheriffs Department has an annual egg hunt at the Avalon Dive Park sometime in July. It gets CRAZY in that city when it happens...

 

[espinobj]

An egg hunt? Wow That would be hard! I never been to C Island. The pictures look great! I also want to try La Jolla that is the one spot Ive been putting off mainly because I dont know that area at all and it is super busy water way.