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-emile-
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so im leaving for bahamas on the 14th of july.
i am a certified scuba diver and diving there is so ill , a bunch of hammerhead sharks and bunch of other kinda fish to ,
i was wondering if i should bring my gopro and make an edit of most of the nicest shot like going through caves , big fishes , lobsters , sharks and etc .
Jul 11 2011 10:48PM
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JIBpsy^^
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Here are a couple of pics i took so you can get the idea. Just doesn't look as Hd as it would above water


Saw this guy right outside the reef. (super shallow like 2 or 3 feet from the surface)
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Jul 13 2011 1:53AM
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-emile-
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Yeh dude for sure the great barrier must be so epic
Jul 13 2011 1:56AM
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-emile-
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ohh thanks , they're still nice pictures !
im leaving tommorow so happy
Jul 13 2011 12:50PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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color is going to be shit without an external flash/light below about 30 feet. you lose pretty much all of your reds. i'd still take as many photos as you can though. i captured most of these at about 120 feet in the keys. diving is the shit. got my open water 18 years ago...been diving like crazy since. have fun dude!

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Jul 13 2011 12:59PM
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-emile-
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nice pictures even though quality isnt the best !
how many dives do you have ?
ill bring another camera too for my dive buddy so we can get the most shots out of it !
Jul 13 2011 1:03PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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yeah, they were shot with a cheap 35 mm underwater camera, so they aren't the best, but I can't really afford a $1,000 underwater camera. well, i could i guess, but i haven't justified buying one yet.

as to # of dives - I've got close to 500 under my belt. most of those are blackwater dives though. i do side work as a search and recovery diver on the mississippi pulling out vehicles, dead bodies, etc. not the most glamorous, but pays great.
Jul 13 2011 1:09PM
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-emile-
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oh yah ? dead bodies most not be the coolest thing ...
Jul 13 2011 1:12PM
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-emile-
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so sick ,
this morning was the greatest dive day i have ever had!

drift dive during 46 minute at 33 meters deepest .

1 hammerhead
2 bull sharks
1 reef shark
1 tiger shark 5 meters down in front of me turned around on a dime it was so sick .
2 turtles
bunch a fishes , overall great dive

2snd dive was 42 minutes at 28 meters deepest

we saw a lobster
crabs
spunges reproducting ( was fucked )

gopro didnt have batteri for the dives i have like 5 minute worth of tape and its all coral and the wall and small fishes :(

will bring it FULLY CHARGED :D hopefully it is as nice
i also have a couple shots of a canon s95 !
Jul 20 2011 7:17PM
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-emile-
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hey guess what ,
2 huge bull sharks haha it was so sick !
as for the wrecks there is a WWII fregate just outside the hotel but its just like small remains and its just a snorkeling site
Jul 20 2011 7:31PM
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proZach
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I just finished my open waters last weekend. definitely pumped to get out and go somewhere tropical. contemplating grabbing a full bcd/regulator. they got a good setup for around $900.

that's sick though. post up some videos of the gopro when you get a chance, I wanna see how well they do at that depth.
Jul 20 2011 9:23PM
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Jul 20 2011 9:27PM
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-emile-
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whats open water restriction ? 18 meters right ?
and i have invested in a bcd and reg its totally worth it
as for the gopro , everything kinda came out blue .
but im also shooting on a canon s95 and colors come out great
i have a project going on imovie , the mac was the only computer i brought so it wont be that great editing wise but youll still se the pictures and everything
Jul 21 2011 6:12PM
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-emile-
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ditching the gopro , doesnt come out so great ,
ill keep taking pictures with the s95 , i have an external flash and a whit difusing card , pictures are ill , seriously quality is top notch

im at dive 12 on day 7 of my vacation !
Jul 22 2011 11:35AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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isnt it quite the humbling experience to be in the water with such large and powerful creatures knowing that at any second they could destroy you?!? it really puts things in to perspective...for me at least. and btw... im super jealous that youre diving the bahamas for a week. i did a week long 28 dive trip in the keys last year and then dove the barrier reef in belize a month later. it was an awesome summer of diving.
Jul 22 2011 12:05PM
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-emile-
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it is , especially when i saw a whale .
i dont know what kind of whale it was, but damn it was HUGE .
it was scarier for me than any sharks , and i have pics :)
and for me bahamas is the #1 destination for diving along with the great barrier in australia
i really want to go to belize too
Jul 23 2011 2:46PM
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Mr.Misty
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I definitely recommend diving in St Thomas. I dove with a great shop down there, Blue Island Divers. If you want to dive wrecks, these are the people to dive with.
Jul 24 2011 11:10AM
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proZach
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yeah, it's 60 ft so 18 meters about.

I just found out that I have 2 weekends off in the next 2 months, and one of them happens to be the date of another course I wanted to sign up for. it certifies you down to 100ft over the course of 5 dives (package is $250 or so). two regular shore dives, a night dive, and two boat dives the next day. definitely planning on signing up
Jul 24 2011 2:55PM
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MothaHucker
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Headin out to bonaire in a few weeks, stoked!
Jul 24 2011 2:59PM
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-emile-
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defintaly do it ! my advance open water class was 350$
i had a drift dive , a orientation dive , a flotability dive and a speciality dive plus the theory
Jul 24 2011 10:03PM
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-emile-
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little question ,

how long could the video be before you get bored ?

and would you be intrested in a diving video , tour of the island and jetski video as two seprate video or juste one ?
Jul 26 2011 6:10PM
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MothaHucker
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thats an opinion question, but for me i say all in one, and as long as it takes to get all the coolest/most interesting shots in the vid.
Jul 26 2011 6:19PM
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-emile-
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i have 5 minutes so far without the jetski and the island touring,

as for the diving video i was thinking of doing like part 1 with corals and stuff and finish with the sharks and turtles etc
Jul 26 2011 7:07PM
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LO_GO
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SCUBA IS THE SHIT.
Jul 26 2011 7:15PM
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-emile-
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it is pretty sick
Jul 27 2011 3:55PM
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BITS
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have fun dude, diving's so fantastic! so bad I won't get to scuba dive this year ...

but don't forget to drop your scuba gear and free dive some days, it's so much fun and more of a free feeling, especially when you can hold your breath more than 1-2 minutes. have fun! :)
Jul 27 2011 5:20PM
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-emile-
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oh ya for sure free diving is awesome too , im kinda working on it i guess ,
i can go down to the 5 meter bar under the boat and stay there a while (20-30 seconds)
Jul 27 2011 11:10PM
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sammiedee
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i tied a shoelace to my gopro and threw it in the big ass tank at the boston aquarium. it was kinda dark but it was cool seeing those fish up close. definitely bring yours with you
Jul 28 2011 12:03AM
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Frazelli
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i went scuba diving this summer in the caribbean and brought my go pro.. well worth it!
Jul 28 2011 1:02AM
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ganja_enthusiast
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scuba is dope
Jul 28 2011 2:12AM
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ganja_enthusiast
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world war two boat?
Jul 28 2011 2:14AM
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Candy
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I went on a super fun trip a few summers ago to Catalina Island with my fam and our dive club. It was so so fun. I only have like 45 dives though.

Highlights though, almost got hit with a boat prop while I was equalizing as I was going down. Had my air unexpectedly shut off, then it kicked back on right before I was gonna switch to my mom's octo. And accidentally stepped on an angel shark:

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Jul 28 2011 2:25AM
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PeeDuBzz
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YEEESSS also a diver myself and i wish i had my go pro when i was in mexico

Jul 28 2011 10:45AM
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infedel_one
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DEFINTLEY. it makes a fun trip look awesome.
Jul 28 2011 10:52AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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It's the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32). She was commissioned in 1956 & decommissioned in 1989, so no WW2 action. They sunk it off of Key Largo, FL in May 2002 to form an artificial reef. It sits in about 80-130 (ish) feet of water depending on where you're at on the ship....the deck and towers are obviously higher than the floor of the ocean.

It's an awesome dive site. Wreck diving is the shit. (All diving is the shit.)
Jul 28 2011 3:06PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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thats dope, ive always wanted to go and dive some wreks, like that have been shot down and go check out some planes and shit in the water.
Jul 28 2011 3:31PM
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-emile-
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ohh i really want to do a plane one day , theres a WWII avenger like 30 miles off cap carneval coast and i really want to go see that
Jul 28 2011 6:49PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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yeah it seems like it would be dopee

Jul 28 2011 6:51PM
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-emile-
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what is an angel shark? never heard of that
Jul 28 2011 7:22PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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I don't know. I feel that a plane would be kind of boring. I mean, yeah, it'd be neat to see, but it wouldn't take much time to see all that it has to offer. at least with ship wrecks, they're huge! so when your dives are at 100+ ft on the wreck, they only last about 25 minutes (avg breathing.0) You can dive a ship wreck a bunch of times before you see it all. plus, the amount of sea life that a sunken ship hosts is unbelievable.

i don't think you'd really have any of this with a plane. drop down, swim around it, explore the debris field, and done. it'd be done in a dive or two. you can dive a ship for days before you see all that it has to offer.

I haven't dove any 747's or anything like that, but this has been my experience with other small planes that i've seen. but even a 747 pales in comparison to the size of an aircraft carrier. ship wrecks ftw!


Jul 28 2011 9:03PM
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wisconsinsteeze
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/threads, scuba diving is sick

Jul 28 2011 9:15PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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yeah i got you. like a small plane wouldent be that cool. im talking like a b-24 bomber or something like this. those are massive. like a flying building. or some nazi airplanes were really wierd and were giant. Like in captain america. The huge black plane is a real thing and would be crazy to dive. but i dobt any have crashed in the ocean or if they did it would be pretty deep. like close to 1000 feet.
Jul 29 2011 1:12AM
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-emile-
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yeh i fell you .
im kinda scared of like getting stuck and not finding my way out of an airplane carrier ..
but yes it would be sick and i do want to do this one day
Jul 29 2011 9:52PM
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steep
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where in the bahamas were you?
Jul 29 2011 10:09PM
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-emile-
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san salvador island
Jul 29 2011 11:35PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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fuck yes dude. me too. i won't dive deep in to anything. i'm wreck certified, but i pretty much stick to swim throughs, i.e. if i don't have an exit path, then I'm not going in. it can be a death wish to get deep in to a wreck. you get lost, lose light, get trapped, etc. and suddenly you can't get out. that's the scariest possible scenario that I can ever imagine being in. like seriously....fuck that shit....and cave diving can go to hell, too. call me a pussy, whatever.

it's weird....i dive black water all of the time and get in to some pretty tight areas on dive jobs, but i'm always tethered on a safety line and have an emergency back up diver tending my line. this doesn't bother me one bit.

i think it has to do with the depth. my black water (muddy river) diving is in 30 ft or less of water, so if something goes wrong your air isn't running out quickly and you've got time to respond. a lot of big wrecks are in 100ish feet of water. you've only got about 30 minutes under the water. something goes wrong at 100 feet....you don't have much time....and not only are you quickly running out of air, but you can't even shoot to the surface when you do. who fucking cares about the bends if you're dying. i'll bend in a decomp chamber for 18 hours if it means I'll live another day. absolutely terrifying...hands down worst way to die.
Jul 29 2011 11:57PM
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-emile-
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yes yes yes 1000 times

i cannot imagine another way worst then that to die,
seriously fuck it

but like im a recreational diver so even when i dive at 120 feet lets say , i stay at 120 for like 5-6-7 minute max and then i get a nice U profile without deco,
so lets say a wreck at 100 footish it would even be more scarier cause i've never done deco
lol, but im planning to get my nitrox certification to increase second dives depth :)

and i backed out of my rescue diver course 2 days ago :/
Jul 30 2011 1:43PM
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matthew.
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im in class now for certification and i cant wait!
Jul 30 2011 3:11PM
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proZach
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just signed up for my advanced course. 2 days of diving, 2 shore, 1 night, 2 boat. running about $400 with hotel ($175 for course, $70 for book, $80 for boat, $30 for card, $45 for gear, and~ $75 for hotel). definitely worth it.
Jul 30 2011 5:07PM
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MothaHucker
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i have a cave dive logged in for dive number 9... it was hella cool but probably one of the scariest things i have ever done.
Jul 30 2011 7:01PM
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-emile-
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thats sick ,

i just finished my 33rd dive of the trip ,
ended on a perfect note
1 hammerhead , 1 reefshark , 1 turtle , 1 barracuda , 1 nurshe shark ,
the perfect ending to a perfect trip
Aug 3 2011 5:12PM
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