Scuba Diving

I became a PADI certified Open Water Diver on September 9th, 2007 with Below H2O Scuba. Since then, I have been working to further my training. Here’s the current list of my certifications:

• Open Water Diver, September 9, 2007
• Advanced Open Water Diver, October 7, 2007: Underwater Navigation, Deep, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck dives
• Enriched Air Diver, January, 2008
• Emergency First Responder, December, 2007
• Rescue Diver, May 19, 2008
• Wreck Diver,
• Underwater Navigator, December 9, 2008
• Dry Suit Diver, December 9, 2008
• Deep Diver, December 18, 2008
• Master Scuba Diver, January 13, 2009
• Divemaster, January 21, 2009
• Open Water Scuba Instructor, April 2009
• Emergency First Responder Instructor, April 2009
• Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT), November 2010
• Currently certified to teach 11 specialty certifications:
  • Multilevel Diver
  • Dry Suit Diver
  • Underwater Photographer
  • Enriched Air Diver
  • Boat Diver
  • Wreck Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Underwater Navigator
  • Digital Underwater Photographer
  • Search & Recovery Diver
  • Night Diver

My gear inventory/wish list:

• Mask, fins, snorkel, boots, purchased early August, 2007
• Scubapro Knighthawk BCD, purchased October 5, 2007
• Aqualung Legend LX ACD Regulator, purchased December 2007
• Aqualung ABS Octopus, purchased December 2007
• Suunto Vyper Air dive computer, purchased March 2009
• Hood & gloves, purchased May 2008
• Wetsuit, currently own 3mm shorty, 3mm, 5mm and 7mm full suits
• Dry Suit, purchased January 9, 2009
• Dive light, purchased October 5, 2007
• Dive slate, purchased October 5, 2007
• Surface signaling sausage, purchased October 5, 2007
• Dive knife, purchased October 8, 2007

Places wish list and past visits:

• Haigh Quarry: a lot of visits…mostly for training
• Cozumel: 14-18 Dec 2007
• Monterrey, CA: several charters on the Beachhopper II (highly recommended – great boat and people); go dive Point Lobos with this charter and you won’t be sorry!
• Lake Michigan, several trips on the R/V Aquatica with Windy City Diving (highly recommended)
• Bonne Terre Mine – great dives and lots of fun
• Key Largo – several trips, including my instructor training with Florida Keys Dive Center (highly recommended – tell them Dan Norris referred you too!)
• Cay Sal Bank live aboard on the Nekton Pilot (which went out of business in early 2010)
• Turks & Caicos:
  • Explorer Ventures Turks & Caicos Explorer II live aboard in October 2010
  • Another trip planned in a few months
• Bonaire
• Roatan
• Utila
• Great Barrier Reef
• Truk Lagoon
• Belize
• Galapagos
• South Africa, Great White cage diving
• Hawaii, during January when whales are there
• Bahamas (shark diving!)