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Hi to all from a Florida diver

Started by scubablu , Apr 12 2014 01:20 PM

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#1 scubablu

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Posted 12 April 2014 - 01:20 PM

Hi everyone.
I am new to singledivers.com but not to the sport. I have been diving for many years - i have a PADI instructor cert. and have logged over 100o dives.
I've been blessed to experience amazing diving all over the world. Very hard to pick a favorite but Australia and Tonga are a couple of my favorites.
I live on the west coast of FL but tend to drive over to West Palm Beach for most of my local diving. (great drift diving)
A relationship ended recently for me and with it my dive buddy. I found this site and thought... well when one door closes another one opens! Looking forward to a trip in the not too distant future!

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Posted 12 April 2014 - 01:24 PM

Hello Barry aka scubablu and welcome aboard! You will find an active community of buddyless divers here, and we look forward to hearing from you around the Forums. The best way to get the ball rolling is review Kamala's List of Upcoming Trips Topic!! Oh and remember our organization's motto, "Our Hookups are to Tanks". :respect: It really is all about the diving with us. We hope you choose a trip to join us soon! :diver:
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Posted 12 April 2014 - 04:50 PM

:hiya:/> Barry and :welcome:/> to the fabulous world of Singledivers.com. You will find a wonderful assortment of topics, friends and hopefully many new dive buddies :teeth:/> Kamala puts together the best trips and with your experience and diving travels, you will be a great addition to the forums. Hop on in the water is warm and I am sure the FL divers in your area will chime in. Hope you are on one of the fabulous trips soon.

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 06:59 AM

Welcome.
South east Florida is the best place to dive, but please keep that a secret.

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 07:48 AM

Ho Barry... :welcome: and we hope you'll join us on one of our 18 trips a year. If you are still current teaching and would like to help on our trips...drop me a line. We never ask our dive pros to work for free nor do we ask them to dive with a new diver unless the diver has opted for our paid Rent-A-Buddy (Pro) mentoring program. That is why we have such a high percentage of pros as part of our community!

So splash around the forums and let's talk when you can and I'm not traveling. We are really happy you found us and I look forward to meeting you soon..hopefully diving! Kamala

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 09:59 AM

Thanks to all for the warm (water!!) welcome. A trip is definitely in my future!
divemasterdewey is right -- SE FL diving is superb!! (oops - I was supposed to keep that a secret!)

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 03:11 PM

:welcome:/> aboard Barry... The trips are great and the people are even better! Just a lot of like minded individuals doing what they love most, diving! As you probably already saw, there's a huge amount of great trips all over the world, my biggest problem is picking which ones to do first! :teeth:/>

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Posted 14 April 2014 - 06:24 AM

Hey Scubablu,

Welcome to the boards. I am actually in West Palm myself. Next time you are coming over here let me know. It's great to have a new member on the boards.

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 05:57 AM

Thx Diesel!
I was actually thinking of heading over there in a few weeks. I usually go out with Scuba Club or Little Deeper but have gone with others as well.
I'll let you know!

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 05:16 PM

Welcome to the site Barry. I hope to move back to FL here soon, but I won't know for a liittle while longer. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Tampa. Hopefully to see you for a happy hour or on a trip someday!

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 05:29 AM

hmmm.... the wind rustling the leaves sounds just like .....

time for a se Florida happy hour ..... time for a se Florida happy hour ..... time for a se Florida happy hour ..... time for a se Florida happy hour .....


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Posted 16 April 2014 - 07:24 AM

Maybe some enterprising, savvy SE Florida member should pick up the cyber baton and rustle us up a Happy Hour. :teeth: *climbs out of leaf pile* Jeez, that took long enough! Thought I was going to have to shuffle around in there all night before Alan heard me...

hmmm.... the wind rustling the leaves sounds just like .....

time for a se Florida happy hour ..... time for a se Florida happy hour ..... time for a se Florida happy hour ..... time for a se Florida happy hour .....



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Posted 16 April 2014 - 11:30 AM

Saturday, April 19 at 3 pm after we all get dried off after diving Blue Heron Bridge.

But where ????????

Oh... and before that, at 10:45, we'll dive Blue Heron Bridge.

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 12:16 PM

Ahh I wish I could go. I did my OW check out dives at Blue Heron :)

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 07:01 PM

Welcome to the site Barry. I hope to move back to FL here soon, but I won't know for a liittle while longer. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Tampa. Hopefully to see you for a happy hour or on a trip someday!


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