Diving Careers

[Rogert]

hey everyone, dad and i were talkin tonight about my career and all that. i told him i had a passion for diving whether it be freediving or scuba. He mentioned underwater photography, welding and so on. and then we started talking about freediving. i was wondering what sort of careers can i branch off into via diving it being scuba or freediving? e.g. instructing, rescue, hollywood stuff such as stunt doubling freediving and stuff like that. i am asking for a brainstorm of possible careers through diving. thanks a lot in advance.

 

[shoutatthesky]

I suggest a nice big yacht with a spa pool, scuba facilities, and a couple of nice big fast inflatables for trips.
With the right yacht you could sail the world, visiting any place your customers wanted to go. They could dive - whether free or scuba - in comfort and safety with a good helping of luxury thrown in.
Imagine anchoring at the Great Barrier Reef, then off to Vanuatu to freedive with the whales, then across the pacific to Hawaii to host a group at a world freediving competition. Then maybe a private trip to your favourite spot.
The spa pool would be recommended but a sauna would be just as good.

As some guy once said "whether you think you can or if you think you can't- you're right."

 

[vali]

or u can work as a divemaster in diving centre...

 

[Rogert]

hehe thanks for the inspiring dream shoutatthesky. vali, i thought about that but dad wants me to think about what else is out there in the diving industry. does anyone have anymore ideas??? any suggestions are greatly appreciated

 

[deep thinker]

There was a thread around here somewhere about milatary special ops divers, hardcore yes but you get to blow sh*t up rofl. Or you could get more into the gear side of it all, design and manufacture of new gear including wetsuits, scuba gear and all that, cause we all love a new gadget now dont we

 

[ChristianRedl]

hello,
if you want to live from diving, you need to look around you and you need to be open minded.
i freedive since 1996 und since last year, i am a professional freediver.
i try to break recrods (you can have sponsors), i works also as a stuntman or actor, i organise seminars (not only freediving-courses, also motivationseminars for manager), i sell my freedivingbook, in a few months a dvd will come.
but its not easy!
ciao chris

 

[vali]

i-m interesed in that dvd stuff
cheers!