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Old 08-15-2011, 07:09 PM   #1
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Any of the other inmates here divers? I got certified about 6 months ago at the beginning of my rotation down here and I figured I would share some pictures and stories.

Diving is one of the most popular recreational activities on the island and for those that have never had the chance to do it I encourage you to give it a try.

Here are a couple pictures from my dives this weekend.


My dive partner right after he got a lion fish. He was stung on the ankle while swimming through a cave a month ago and he finally for revenge.


This is a close up of the fish. They are an invasive species that kills the local wildlife as well as the coral reef. People are encouraged to kill on sight, and they taste GREAT!!


I found this little crab hiding out in some sponge.
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Looks like your having fun!! I have been a diver for 15 years
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Looks like your having fun!! I have been a diver for 15 years
Great pics Adam, thanks for sharing. And Larry...muff diving doesn't count.
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Great pics Adam, thanks for sharing. And Larry...muff diving doesn't count.
Then I have 20+ years experience!!!
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Old 08-15-2011, 07:54 PM   #6
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Cool pics. Been trying to get me cert so I can go lobster fishing.
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I hate to sound stupid but what does lobster fishing have to do with Diving?
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Old 08-15-2011, 08:55 PM   #8
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I love diving it's great. My buddy is a certified diver I'm not though I wish I was. We went on a ship dive in July in Cartagena Coombia. It was awesome...
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I hate to sound stupid but what does lobster fishing have to do with Diving?
to catch lobster down here in miami and the keys its a royal pain to freedive 10+ ft over and over.

lobsters are caught by hand (well net and tickle stick) so its easier to just dive in 15 ft of water then try to freedive it..
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to catch lobster down here in miami and the keys its a royal pain to freedive 10+ ft over and over.

lobsters are caught by hand (well net and tickle stick) so its easier to just dive in 15 ft of water then try to freedive it..
When I lived in the keys we use to catch lobsters. It was a great time. At the end of the day we took them to the bar I worked at (Hog Heaven) and the cook would do them up boiled, grilled, blackened.... Man I miss that... you guys have it good in Florida.
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This is my buddy and I in Cartagena.
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FRANK, you live in a diving haven, get certified.

Great Picture Adam!!

Lobsters are a ton of fun to go after down there and we are not limited like they are in the keys. They are pretty hard to find unless you are on a night dive. Most of the time I am the picture taker, but we do use slings to catch fish as well as spear guns.

On Sunday a group of my friends were diving on the leeward side and while loading a gun it miss fired and shot my friend Lauryn through her bicep. She had to have surgery but is going to be fine once it heals.

This really made me take a step back and realize that spear guns are just like real guns and need to be treated as so. I am guilty of not paying any attention to the people around me with guns.
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I have my cert. I love to dive but don't get to do it much since I live in Iowa. I have not got the chance to do ocean diving but I have done some cool quarry dives include one where they sank a Boeing 757 from the movie US Marshalls.

I have dived in the Epcot tanks a few times too.
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I am certified...but there isn't much diving around TN

I spent a week in Key West with the boy scouts diving. Was a GREAT week. Really hope to have that chance again
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i'm certified. And living here on the Florida east coast we dive a lot. I'm usually out once or twice a week depending on the work/travel schedule.

We'll go out early....do a one tank dive....maybe hunt lobster and be back in the home office at work by 0930.
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I'm certified open water. I've never dove here in MI. I prefer the warm Caribbean waters.
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I have dived in the Epcot tanks a few times too.
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When I leave here I will be going back to VA and I was thinking the same thing. You will be surprised where you can dive; quarries and lakes. There a a punch in VA, PA and WVA. I am sure there are some down in TN.

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We'll go out early....do a one tank dive....maybe hunt lobster and be back in the home office at work by 0930.
Man, that is awesome. I am going to go through withdraws when I have to leave here.

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I'm certified open water. I've never dove here in MI. I prefer the warm Caribbean waters.
Yeah MI might be a little cold. I have a friend from Duluth MN and he wants to go diving up there. It is supposed to be beautiful, just have to price out dry suits.
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When I leave here I will be going back to VA and I was thinking the same thing. You will be surprised where you can dive; quarries and lakes. There a a punch in VA, PA and WVA. I am sure there are some down in TN.
Oh we have plenty of lakes in the area. The issue being that I have been told all of them are VERY murky and really are practically useless to dive in.

There's quarries within an hour or 2 of here. I dove in one of them for my certification, actually. It was pretty cool because of the amount of stuff they had submerged (an old firetruck, a missle carrying semi truck, etc.), but I'd imagine it would still get pretty old.

Maybe I'm just making excuses. I dunno. I need to go home and see if I can find my PADI folder...
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Awesome pics, keep them coming.
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There's quarries within an hour or 2 of here. I dove in one of them for my certification, actually. It was pretty cool because of the amount of stuff they had submerged (an old firetruck, a missle carrying semi truck, etc.), but I'd imagine it would still get pretty old.

Maybe I'm just making excuses. I dunno. I need to go home and see if I can find my PADI folder...
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Awesome pics, keep them coming.
Thanks, I have a ton more, I will have to pick a few to post up. I have some of a fully intact S2 Viking navy plane from my Deep Dive course.
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