User talk:Diver62
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- Hi Diver62, and welcome to WikiProject Scuba. I see you keenly want to dive, and hope that it becomes a reality for you. I taught my son to dive when he was about 14, but he learned to snorkel before that. Snorkelling is a good introduction to the underwater world, and depending on what part of the world you live in, it can be a very easy starting point. In fact, a lot of marine life lives in shallow waters, and quite often I find that the deeper I go, the less life there is to see. I could tell you tales of exploring virtually intact shipwrecks, feeding stingrays, playing with octopuses, and going nose-to-nose with a bull shark, but all of that is something you can do yourself, given time and training. In the meantime, if you want to learn a little of diving, take a look at Category:Underwater diving and read some of the pages. There will also often be books mentioned in the articles that you can probably get from your local library – some even have their own article here (see Category:Underwater diving books for a few examples). You'd probably enjoy some of the biographical articles on divers as well – they're in Category:Underwater divers. Anyway, good luck with your ambitions, and I hope to see you around Wikipedia. --RexxS (talk) 01:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- I'm 15, so its about the age you get into the ocean. I can not swim though since my parents are against it, but i hope to learn to swim and eventually dive someday. Cetology, marine biology, and diving haunt me, and give me a greater love each day to be in the sea and part of it.I plan to to cetology and marine biology in college. it would be interesting to hear your stories of shipwrecks. I'd be more than glad to hear them.How deep was the deepest you dove? Did you ever visit coral reefs or see the deadly stonefish? Did you ever go 600 feet?Diver62 (talk) 22:03, 14 July 2010 (UTC)Please answer me.
- I'm really not much of a story-teller, and shipwrecks are often no more than piles of metal rubble on the seabed, but I have a couple of favourite wrecks: the Lucy is well-preserved and lies in a peaceful bay just off the beautiful island of Skomer in Wales; the Salsette is a 440 foot-long liner in Lyme Bay – I was able to go inside the wreck and could get a good idea of what she must have been like in 1917 when she was torpedoed. I've dived many coral reefs, and probably the finest is along the west coast of the island of Cozumel - if you ever get the chance to visit Mexico, that's the place to go. I've sometimes seen stonefish, but they are well-camouflaged and hardly ever move much, so you probably miss most of them. As for depth – it's not very interesting. Using air to breathe, we're limited to about 150 feet, although I've been deeper and used gas mixtures containing helium to go past 300 feet. But considering it's very dark and there's usually not much to see – plus I have to spend about an hour and a half hanging around bored while doing the decompression stops – I don't have much incentive to dive deep, certainly not to 600 feet! Have a look at Sheck Exley for a diver who was able to go very deep, and perhaps read about Jarrod Jablonski who still has the record for the longest cave dive, I think. Remember, these are extraordinary folk and ordinary divers like myself can only marvel at what they were able to achieve. Regards --RexxS (talk) 19:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
- that is very interesting. I wish i could dive and see all the sealife, reefs, and shipwrecks you have found out. I've read about Sheck Exley before on Wikipedia and it is very interesting. I'd like to be one of the extraordinary people to dive deep in caves, and i have the incentive to dive deep and even 600 feet! I don't know why i want to dive that deep, but that is just a longing i have, adn a desire to be in the sea. THanks anyway for your info. Please tell me more. I love to learn.Diver62 (talk) 21:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi there, Diver62! Glad to see you're getting to know the place. Do you mind if I ask you if User:Horseluv10 is another username of yours please, or of one of your siblings? If both belong to you then it might be worth putting a little notice up on each user page just so people don't get confused when you're editing. Best wishes, Brammers (talk/c) 23:04, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
- (S)he is one of their siblings, as well as me. Thank you. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 01:29, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
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