Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Tom Allen on Patreon asks, Have you had a chance to SCUBA dive Monterey Bay yet, and to visit the aquarium? At your site, I found a number of articles on SCUBA but only one podcast. I think the podcast listeners would enjoy hearing more of your personal experience of what it feels and looks like down there. In an old article on your 10 favorite SCUBA sites, you mentioned you had not visited Monterey. Did you ever get there?

No, I have never dived in Monterey Bay, and it is still on my list of places to dive. Nor have I visited the aquarium there yet.

When I first started traveling, one of the very first things I did was get SCUBA certified in Lahaina, Maui. From there, I did, I estimate, about 120 dives around the world

I didn’t usually visit places with the express purpose of diving, but I tried to dive if the opportunity was available. I eventually got my advanced open water certification, Nitrox certification, and my rescue diver certification.

It’s been many years since I’ve been SCUBA diving, so if and when I do it again, I’ll probably need a refresher, but I figure it will be like riding a bicycle.