Chet's SCUBA
This photo was taken in Roatan, Honduras on a trip with a group
of SCUBA instructors. The young lady in the photo is my daughter,
13 years old at the time.
Chet's SCUBA
"Water, water, everywhere...!"
My love of water started when I was very young. I began
competitive swimming at the age of 6 and continued through
college, eventually specializing in butterfly and individual medely.
At an early age, while vacationing in the Bahamas
Islands, I began SCUBA diving.
Now living on the coast in Northern California, my favorite diving is
in Monterey and along the coast north of the Russian River. But I still
dream about that rare vacation to the tropics when I can shed the wet suit
and sink into the warm blue depths.
"If it's worth doing, it's worth teaching!"
After moving to California in 1985 I renewed my interest and
eventually earned my YMCA dive instructors certificate. I have
been teaching with a group called Get Down Divers
here in Silicon Valley.
Get Down Divers is run by
YMCA instructor Roger Dunton from Scotts Valley and is a dynamic
group of divers dedicated to teaching fun and safe
diving in the YMCA tradition.
My instructor duties are usually limited to ocean class dives in
Monterey but I periodically help out in the classroom and pool
sessions held in Sunnyvale.
Free diving for Abalone
While loving all aspects of diving, I have a special interest in the
freedom of free diving. The pure joy of twisting and turning amoung the
kelp stalks, lungs aching for air, is my first love. Like the sea otters
of the California coast I look forward to hunting abalone in the wild surf
of Northern California.
Each year the first week in April I head up the coast north of
the Russian River for the opening of abalone season, no weather or surf
conditions too grim to stop us. And again like the
sea otters, our family's favorite food is abalone,
cooked or raw, ala sushi.
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