anybody want to join me on a great white dive?

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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Riverrunner wrote:
    I wondered about the certification. They get a lot more business if no certification required. I wonder how many people panic once they get in the cage and underwater. I'm sure some people are nervous about being underwater and using the regulator for the first time, plus a little claustrophobia being in the cage, and then with great whites swimming all around...... ha...... I wonder what happens if people panic. Is there a panic button?


    they almost had to pull me out on my first dive

    talk about panic lol it took me 3 x to become comfy

    i told them im not coming out i just drove 22 hours lol

    needless to say by the 2nd day i was pulling the regulator out of my mouth underwater and goofing around because i had become so comfy w/ it
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    they almost had to pull me out on my first dive

    talk about panic lol it took me 3 x to become comfy

    i told them im not coming out i just drove 22 hours lol

    needless to say by the 2nd day i was pulling the regulator out of my mouth underwater and goofing around because i had become so comfy w/ it
    :o yep, well my first (and only) dive was terrifying. Well I don't have a PADI cert so it was goggles only :D and they tell ya when the shark's coming and ya take a deep breath and go under. But it was GETTING into the cage (having to jump from the boat into the cage that's not much wider than the average person having seen all the sharks swimming around beforehand :eek: ) that scared the shit out of me... by the time I got out I was like complete jelly, cos every time the cage banged against the boat I'd think it was a shark coming :D
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :o yep, well my first (and only) dive was terrifying. Well I don't have a PADI cert so it was goggles only :D and they tell ya when the shark's coming and ya take a deep breath and go under. But it was GETTING into the cage (having to jump from the boat into the cage that's not much wider than the average person having seen all the sharks swimming around beforehand :eek: ) that scared the shit out of me... by the time I got out I was like complete jelly, cos every time the cage banged against the boat I'd think it was a shark coming :D


    yea see the trip u did is way way different

    the cage is alot smaller ,, u have to hold ur breath

    ive seen the cages that u went down in ,, totally different

    http://www.greatwhiteadventures.com
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Damn!!!

    My hubby would LOVE this trip and my son too (both marine bio nuts/nerds!! :p)
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Lizard wrote:
    Damn!!!

    My hubby would LOVE this trip and my son too (both marine bio nuts/nerds!! :p)


    come one come all :)

    kids are allowed ,i think 12-13 or older
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    yea see the trip u did is way way different

    the cage is alot smaller ,, u have to hold ur breath

    ive seen the cages that u went down in ,, totally different

    http://www.greatwhiteadventures.com
    no, mine was even smaller... no way you'd fit two people in there... even midgets :o

    I have a picture at home... must scan it in tomorrow if I remember
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    no, mine was even smaller... no way you'd fit two people in there... even midgets :o

    I have a picture at home... must scan it in tomorrow if I remember


    no the link is for the cages i went into ,,which are much bigger than what u dove in

    these cages hold 4 people comfy
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    no the link is for the cages i went into ,,which are much bigger than what u dove in

    these cages hold 4 people comfy
    Ah I get ya now... can ya still go in on yer own though or do you have to go with others? I'd hate if I was in with 4 people and 1 of them freaked out :eek: god knows what could happen
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Ah I get ya now... can ya still go in on yer own though or do you have to go with others? I'd hate if I was in with 4 people and 1 of them freaked out :eek: god knows what could happen


    well we were there 4 days

    so we made 5-6 dives per day = 20-24 dives
    \
    anyway the first 2 days everybody was ready for every dive

    as the trip went on people started skipping a dive here and there

    wheter they were fishing or sunning

    point being the last 2 days me and my bro made quite a few dives by ourselves

    but if people wanted to go then they maxed out at 4 per cage

    i did make an early dive on my 2nd day b4 anybody else was up

    i was up early fishing and i caught a big tuna and the mate was like
    u wanna eat it or use it ? im like huh ?
    so he was like get ur suit on and we'll tie this bad boy up and throw him overboard for breakfast lol that was awesome alone watching a big tuna get torn up
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    im going to guadalupe in three weeks.. only for a night though and then hitching a boat to another island.... no interest in shark diving though!... didnt even realize they were so popular there.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    xscorcho wrote:
    im going to guadalupe in three weeks.. only for a night though and then hitching a boat to another island.... no interest in shark diving though!... didnt even realize they were so popular there.


    obviously ur staying on a boat , because only the mexican navy
    and a few fisherman are allowed on the island

    well this is peak season so expect quite a few shark boats

    and p.s. dont go jumping in the water :) enjoy
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    obviously ur staying on a boat , ,

    well this is peak season so expect quite a few shark boats

    and p.s. dont go jumping in the water :)

    nah, i just fly into guadalupe and then take a boat to dominica the next day where im staying for a month...... not actually staying on the boat.

    i hope the boat is big.. i dont like sharks!
  • JD Sal
    JD Sal Posts: 790
    I'd like to dive with sharks at some point in my life, but it's not tops on my to do list. I'd rather skydive and try some other adventurous things first.

    Anyhoo, saw this on live science and wanted to share.

    http://www.livescience.com/animals/top10_deadliestanimals.html

    #4 - Great White Shark
    Blood in the water can excite these sharks into a feeding frenzy, where they'll use all 3,000 of their teeth to bite anything that moves.
    "If no one sees you, you're not here at all"
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    JD Sal wrote:
    I'd like to dive with sharks at some point in my life, but it's not tops on my to do list. I'd rather skydive and try some other adventurous things first.

    Anyhoo, saw this on live science and wanted to share.

    http://www.livescience.com/animals/top10_deadliestanimals.html

    #4 - Great White Shark
    Blood in the water can excite these sharks into a feeding frenzy, where they'll use all 3,000 of their teeth to bite anything that moves.


    i would like to skydive but im afraid of a heart-attack

    and that live-science has no idea what they're talking about
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    xscorcho wrote:
    nah, i just fly into guadalupe and then take a boat to dominica the next day where im staying for a month...... not actually staying on the boat.

    i hope the boat is big.. i dont like sharks!

    im not sure if we're talking about the same island?
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    im not sure if we're talking about the same island?

    maybe not because san diego is on the other side of america.... i just dont know any other guadalupes so i assumed...
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    xscorcho wrote:
    maybe not because san diego is on the other side of america.... i just dont know any other guadalupes so i assumed...
    i wikied it.... there is guadalupe (the one youre talking about) and guadeloupe (the one im talking about)
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    xscorcho wrote:
    i wikied it.... there is guadalupe (the one youre talking about) and guadeloupe (the one im talking about)


    once u said land on the island,,i was like wait a second lol

    i drove 22 hours on a boat and ive could of flown?>? lol

    yea the shark island is mostly mexican navy and no airports or anything

    but ur island is nice also lol

    anyway enjoy and feel free to jump in the water
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    once u said land on the island,,i was like wait a second lol

    i drove 22 hours on a boat and ive could of flown?>? lol

    yea the shark island is mostly mexican navy and no airports or anything

    but ur island is nice also lol

    anyway enjoy and feel free to jump in the water

    22 hours? gross. is it a big boat? you get seasick??
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    xscorcho wrote:
    22 hours? gross. is it a big boat? you get seasick??


    22 hours there and 22 back :)

    if u dont love these creatures this isnt for you

    yes its a big boat i dont know exact size but big enough to hold 25 people or so plus all the equipments

    2 showers 4 bathrooms 6 or 7 rooms to sleep in
    (which by the way is very small )


    normally i dont get seasick but we do have to cross the pacific ocean so i suggest taking meds just in case
    also if ur prone to seasickness this trip isnt for you lol

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