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| View Poll Results: Where Have You Dived? | |||
| Africa |
   
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19 | 3.97% |
| Australia |
  
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23 | 4.81% |
| Asia |
  
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16 | 3.35% |
| Europe |
  
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249 | 52.09% |
| North America |
  
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129 | 26.99% |
| South America |
  
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15 | 3.14% |
| Somewhere Else? |
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27 | 5.65% |
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#16
November 6th, 2002
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#18
November 15th, 2002
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#19
November 16th, 2002
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All I have to say is that all of you living in warm climates or near an ocean are lucky! I live in Ontario Canada. It's cold (except for summer) and there aren't really many divespots in the area, so i'm confined more or less to pool stuff.
*as I'm typing this we're getting 25cm+ of snow  Last edited by Mr Black; November 4th, 2003 at 01:59.
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#20
November 25th, 2002
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Greetings all,
I'm a California native, been swimming in the ocean for fun all my life, but just got into roughwater swimming for exercise in the past two years.....currently it's pretty cool in Southern California (San Diego) now....visibility hasn't been good, except for Catalina Island or the Channel Islands....got interested in scuba and freediving after two trips to Fiji and the Great Barrier Reef out of Cairns, Australia. Thanks for doing the poll! It's fun to hear where everyone is from. 'Dive to stay alive', I love that! Regards, Cynthia
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#21
November 27th, 2002
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MMMmmmmmm
The good old UK, still cold, still a bit murky, still 300miles from a good dive site, still trying to find a job! Gotta love it!
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#22
November 27th, 2002
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Tell me about it....uh UK is just not the place... went diving last weekend...Oh my my luck just gets worse every time... I thought I would get fairly good diving in Sidmouth, not too deep but interesting........no.. There were some "little" waves that picked up the dirst from the bottom...and AGAIN 20cm viz.. I think I just stop diving here... nothing to see, cold water... did you hear about that shark they got from Cornwall.. 500pound I can't remember what but that would be a treat to see here... well perhaps I keep trying to dive in UK, untill I move to a place with crystal clear water and corals...and in my dreams..
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#23
November 27th, 2002
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Can you chaps get access to a fresh-water site? The sea in winter tends to be crappy up here too (has been for weeks, now), but whenever I get irritated by lack of diving I go in the local quarry - which is F-ing cold. Hence I don't do it often in winter! But it gets it out of your system.
Freshwater is colder than the sea in winter, and warmer than the sea in summer. The temporal temperature changes are also different. The smaller the water volume of your FW, the more it mirrors air temperature (obviously....).
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#24
November 27th, 2002
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I don't like lakes.. too shallow nothing to see.. well so far that has been the case.. exept The lake Garda in Italy...huh beatiful.. but nothing to see though..compared to sea..
The shark they got from cornwall was a thresher shark... it was pretty impressive sight I saw it on tv... I wish it would still be swimming in the ocean where it belongs! Is there any deep lakes around Devon Cornwall area?? I would be interested...
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#25
December 1st, 2002
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Hello everyone. I was born and raised in Izmir, Turkey, where you can see the trensperancy of the water even at depts of 100 meters.
I traveled to Miami once about 4 years ago and I was sold on the women here.hahaha So now here in Mami, Florida I live where there are some great guys to dive with and some amazing women to dive with as well.haha be safe, be well
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#27
December 7th, 2002
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There are lakes nearby, probably about 30-45 minutes away, but my diving has been in the ocean so far. My dive sites were at the Breakwall in Monterey, and Del Monte beach in Monterey. The water was Cold; about 50-55 degrees. I can't wait to get my own wetsuit. Vis was 3-4 feet at Del Monte, and about 15 ft at the Breakwall. I hear there's halibut in that area. I'm not into spearfishing yet, but it sounds interesting.
Welcome realynew.  This is a fun site; I hope you enjoy it.
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#28
December 7th, 2002
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Reallynew,
Ted and I are in Wisconsin. There are a couple of guys from the Chicago area and I believe that Ohio and Indiana are also represented. Fred is way up in North Dakota if you are in that area. Jon
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#29
December 21st, 2002
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Hi there,
From: (at the moment) cold and clouded Netherlands.... I have dived on several spots on this earth (warm and cold) and all places have thier charmes.....even here in summer with almost zero visibility you can have fun/train or encounter wild live like a large pike (1.2m). I know this is not a shark but very beautiful to follow, they have no natural enemies and are reasonable approachable. In winter the visibility in some lakes reaches 20-25m and despide the cold water (2°C) give us the perfect feeling. Then there is the phenomenon ICE-freediving, I can't descripe it in words....... Greetings and keep breathing, Mad Pim  Last edited by pim; December 21st, 2002 at 10:07.
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#30
December 21st, 2002
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Hi all,
I live on the north east coast of Spain in a nice area called the Costa Brava. There are several decent dive areas as well as natural parks with abundant fish. Visibility can range from just a few meters to perhaps 20 or 30m. That's about the maximum I've experienced so far. I started spearfishing at the ripe old age of 8 in Greece been several months in the British Virgin Islands and lived several years in the Dominican Republic where the greatest danger apart from sharks were the police (I used to have long hair)  I was into bodysurfing then and not so much skindiving. My (board) surfing buddies would say "Hey - If we see a shark we'll let you know!" Gee thanks... Anyway while waiting for the right wave I'd be treading water real peacefully - like not wanting to attract attention. At around 16 I stopped spearfishing and turned to underwater photography, personal reasons and philosophy, but I won't begrudge the spearo's their fun I have a feeling there's one still lurking around in me and I might just have to get me a hawaiian sling one day.Anyway, if any of you pass through the area let me know. Adrian Last edited by Adrian; December 29th, 2002 at 00:54.
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