i am an advanced open water scuba dive...however it is hard to find a dive buddy. the reason for this is.... it is not safe to dive alone. so where to go to find a dive buddy ...
2007-01-15 18:38:55 · 5 answers · asked by djgil705 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
If you are PADI certified you can go to the My PADI option and use the buddyfinder search engine for your area. But the best I have found is to find a local dive shop you like, check out their activities and see if they have a club or are affiliated with a club. Once you get involved in the local activities you will find it easy to go diving first with groups and then with select individuals, also many dive clubs plan dive vacations and dive events such as pumpkin carving. Another option is to take a few speciality courses such as wreck diving, night diving, deep diving etc. Its been my experience that no matter where I go there is always a small group of divers who know the area and love to have another dive buddy. Keep the faith and maybe I'll dive with you too some time down the road. Good Luck
2007-01-16 14:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by scuba_1965 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local shop, try zendiving.com, pretty much make contact anywhere you can.
As a new diver (only been diving since the end of August), I've had tons of people willing to dive with me--even hardcore divers who are instructors that have a lot more experience than I do, and there were never any problems because of the difference in experience levels. Maybe I've just been lucky because all the divers I've buddied with just really love to dive and they sort of took me under their wing.
Good luck! Diving rocks!!
P.S. Send me an e-mail!!
2007-01-16 08:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than a visit to your dive shop, check out www.scubaboards.com . They have an online buddy search for almost all areas of the world. Handy if you're traveling alone and would like to pre arrange a buddy at your destination.
2007-01-16 04:01:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kay P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "sturdy" dive chum is somebody you are able to believe and get to appreciate one yet another o.k. distinctly each and every others hand alerts, anybody seems to have new ones that they make up and additionally you are able to desire to understand them. whilst i'm diving with a clean chum I stay shallow ( around 40 feet) purely in case you under no circumstances understand what could desire to take place. i understand I paniced a pair of situations whilst i replaced into kind new. I found out a a number of sturdy classes one at ninety feet. and yet another at 40 feet.,i presumed i replaced into going to drown the two situations.fortunate I had an fairly adventure dive chum at ninety feet. That replaced into 6 years in the past and now i'm an fairly careful diver. be certain you and your chum are doing all your pre-assessments and observing your pc.and rancid objective have an outstanding dive.you recognize what they are asserting ...the worst day diving continues to be extra suited than the main suitable day at paintings.
2016-12-13 08:26:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your local dive store and sign up for a dive trip in your area. they should have the database with someone to fit with your dive profile. please don't get a beginner like yourself. it'll be like the blind leading the blind. but don't get anyone whose dive skills are far superior than yours (he might not like the idea of baby sitting). for your sake, practice your skills in a controlled environment; this way you don't become a burden to your buddy. keep breathing. . . .
2007-01-16 03:09:09 · answer #5 · answered by jay f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋