SCUBA Diving
Manta ray encounter in the Maldives
I got certified just as I turned 12, and have been diving every year since then. Certifications I have earned over the years include NAUI Jr. Open Water, NAUI Open Water, PADI Advanced Open Water, PADI Rescue Diver, and PADI drysuit and Nitrox certifications.
Diving is a great sport! It's a great excuse to travel to exotic tropical destinations. And it's truly a different world down there.
Some of the places I've been diving include the south Florida coast (where I grew up), the Florida Keys, Pensacola Florida, all over the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Cozumel and the Yucatan in Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire & Curacao, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Maldives, the Philippines, Monterey Bay and Anacapa Island in California, and off the island of Vulcano in Italy.
If you're curious about good dive destinations, some recent dive trip descriptions with pictures can be found in the travel section:
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - June, 2013
Bahamas & Grand Turk - August, 2010
Turks & Caicos Islands - April, 2005
Cozumel and Yucatan - October 2004
Bonaire/Curacao - October, 2003
Cozumel and Yucatan, October, 2001
Roatan and Utila, Honduras, May, 2001
Glover's Atoll, Belize, November, 2000
Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 1999
Dive Statistics
Deepest dive 207 feet (on the wall of Glover's Atoll, Belize, Oct. 18, 2000) Longest dive 1 hour 33 minutes Dive frequency about 45 dives per year
Links
Diver's Alert Network (DAN) - dive insurance
SCUBA Diving magazine
Last updated: 09/10/2013