Am I Too Old To Dive? - Scuba Tech Tips: S13E17
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- A viewer asked if they are too old to dive? If you're healthy and love diving, then carry on. Alec knows many divers 70+ still active and diving with some adjustments from their younger days.
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Got my OW, 11 days before my 59th b-day. On my 60thb-day, I did my 200th dive. I will be 62 this year and currently at dive 352. I slowed down my 2nd yr, taking off 1.5 months for some ear issues. This year, I had to wait for 6 weeks while my drysuit was getting a new zipper. I will be close to 400 on my 62 b-day in Sept. I hope to be diving for a long time. 100% of my diving is in the waters off Vancouver Island. I am currently SDI Solo cert, as my highest cert level.
Congratulations with your ongoing diving for such a young kid! Lots more dives and years to go. I love Vancouver but even in a dry suit, it's too much for my old bones now (75 yo). Keep on diving and thanks for watching.
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I teach senior fitness. I uploaded your video to my site, because, in my opinion, it provides a positive message to older adults who want to remain active. I consider the comments inspirational and educational for anyone seeking validation that health and vigor can be maintained past the age of 55.
I appreciate your support and get the message out that kids (ie under 60), and older can dive at any age. Hope your group remains active year round.
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Glad to hear I am not the only one who feels like napping as soon as I hit the water. Whether it is 4 ft or 60. Maybe I am too relaxed...🙂
Maybe. Doesn't everyone nap at a safety stop?
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lol you are like me
What a great presentation by someone who doesn't mind laughing at himself. That is one of the great things you can enjoy easily as you age. I've only been diving for 50 years so I have a way to go yet. I religiously follow these golden rules of diving - never go any deeper than the bottom and always come up when your tank is empty! Remember there are old divers and bold divers but there are no old bold divers.
I like you golden rules! Thanks for sharing kid and hope you enjoy many years of diving and story telling.
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I am 63. I just took the course in 2022 in South dakota were I live. I did my open water dive in cozumel. I love it and return to cozumel every December for two weeks to dive.
Glad to have new, young blood join us. Hope my rants, sorry videos, help you enjoy scuba all year.
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I'm 53 and just getting into Tech/CCR diving. Stay in shape, keep yourself healthy and live your best life
Good advise for anyone Will. Take care.
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Hi I started diving with BSAC in the 70s and picked up again in 2018. I am now 79 have end stage arthritis in both knees, but I'm still diving. Its for sure I need a lot of help getting in and out of the water. But I enjoy it so why not.
I feel you my friend. Not as flexible as in my 20's, but a lot smarter about diving comfortable and safe. Thanks for watching and keep on diving.
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I was smiling during the whole video. You sir are a great guy
You are so kind.
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I’m 68. Just got back from diving in Naples Florida. Going to Mexico in the fall. Stay fit
Excellent Wayne. Party on.
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Great video as usual Alec 👍
I'm 61 and have every intention to carry on diving for a long time yet.
2 years ago I discovered the cenotes of the Riviera Maya in Mexico, now I make an annual trip every winter.
I don't dive in England anymore ( too cold, bad Viz e.t.c)
As we age we just adapt our diving, like everything else in life.
Appreciate you Alec 👍❤️🇬🇧
Keep on diving Vincent and I love the cenotes too. Very peaceful and beautiful.
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@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter hope to meet you there one day 🤿
I'm 61 to, and agree wholeheartedly. Dive on.
great vid .. made me laugh as I was watching this , my son ( 15 ) said your getting old dad, you should be a vintage diver ( 43) ...
Take it as a compliment that you qualify as a "mature diver". Tell you son older diver have more fun because we remember the useless old scuba gear. Thanks for watching, both of you.
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I’m in my early 40’s and my wife and I love diving. We work out 5-7 days a week and eat healthy so in 40 years we can still dive. Diving is my primary modification for a healthy lifestyle.
Good that you're taking care of your self early. If I know I was going to be here at 75 I would have taken better care of myself a lot earlier.
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I just got my PADI Open Water Diver certification at 64! Looking forward to a long future of undersea exploration!
Well done don, enjoy🤿👍
Wonderful Don. It's still OK to tell younger divers you started back in the stone age and let them figure it out.
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Love this guy! One of the most helpful and informative scuba channels out there. I really like his enthusiasm and passion, it’s contagious! Out of all the channels out there, for a ‘old guy’ his presentations are better than most I’ve seen these days. Thank you Alec. You are a legend and will refer my students to check out your channel
Awesome! Thank you! Glad to share my experiences with divers young and old (young is anyone under 50!)
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You nailed it Alec - If you have to ask the question, you may be too old to dive!
I think so Brian. Some issues like mobility can be over come but not poor health. Glad you like it and keep diving kids.
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Am I to old to dive? The man needs to be taken in for observation 😂😂😂
Still diving at 76 and loving it.
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I have been waiting for this one. I ask this all the time of myself.
I'm still diving at 75 and I'm the kid in our vintage Sea Hunt group!
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I'm 69 yrs young and I've done 106 dives this year, looking forward to the next decade of diving when I hope to move to SE Asia for more warmer diving.
Ahh warm water diving, enjoy and glad to know your ready for many more years of fun.
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Dove with a 91 year old man in Cozumel. Enough said.
Be careful diving with those young ones!
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I just got back from diving in Roatan for a week. I am 72 and enjoyed the whole trip.
Good to hear Jim. Keep going for many more.
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Iam 70 diving strong since 1967.koz
Keep on diving my friend. Many years and lots of stories to share.
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We have the old guys dive group on Sundays at 9 at OGB in Rockport, MA. We are all in our 60s, one diver is in his 70s and one is in his 50s. Never to old, you adjust how you get ready, how you get that BCD on, how long you wait before entering the water. We get our gear on and don’t dilly dally, get right in, get fins on and off we go. We watch each other and we have a fantastic group of the old guys. So great the young guys join us
You have lots to share with new divers, young or old. Good that your accommodating everyones pace and comfort. Thanks for sharing Paul and keep on diving kids.
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As usual,great video
I appreciate that Brandon.
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I am 63, an advanced diver, been diving wrecks in the Great Lakes the Gulf and the Keys for several decades. I have decided it is time to work on my Tec Diving because I want to learn about deep wreck penetration, decom diving and Tri-mix for those deep wrecks like the Kamloops in Lake Superior, and several in Florida, and of course Chuuk Lagoon.
Never too old.
I did Chuuk 4 years ago after a week in Palau. Amazing wrecks and pretty unique dive boats too.
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@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter I have wanted to do Truk/Chuuk since I watched J Y Cousteau dive there on his show back in the early 70's.
Very inspirational Alec! Thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
right on, my man!
Absolutely, stone age divers rule.
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I’ve been diving 12 years, and will be turning 50 this year. I plan on diving for as long as I can! I enjoy it for my mental health being in IT gets tedious and stressful at times.
I'm 75 and diving relaxes me still, well except if Kevin's my buddy (have to watch those young 65 year olds).
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Great video Alec, thanks for encouraging older people to start diving.
Always!
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Been diving since 1998 and carry an advanced card - I will be 76 in Sept, my GF is 69 and got her OW card last year- June 2021! She, like me, is Nitrox certified, has taken the altitude course, and we dive as often as we can get away... AND, since we are west coast USA, dives are always in a 7mm wetsuit! Too old??? HA!!! Not a chance!
Wonderful message Larry and you have a baby as a buddy too.
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@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter lol... And that's exactly what I call her, "baby." Really enjoy your videos. Keep 'em coming.
I can’t wait until you all come back to Fl and dive again and I might be able to stop in and dive or say hello and listen to all the great stories y’all have and pointers. Be safe y’all
Sounds good! We don't know when the next Sea Hunt Forever at Silver Springs will be but I do want to return to see all my 'young' vintage diving friends.
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So fun to hear you talking about diving in a quarry in Bowling Green! We are about an hour north in Port Clinton.
Did a lot of diving back when i way younger at Bowling Green. Met lots of my vintage scuba friends there.
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Cheers from Ilha Grande/RJ Brasil
I'm a huge fan of yours, Alec!
I want to dive my whole life...
Hello Guilherme. Thanks for watching and glad you like these.
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Alright! Old folks day at the dive shop. 69 here and still diving. Know your limitations. If I have a bad day, I always stop by here for a lift. Hope all of you live long and dive often.
Well said Tom.
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Excellent Allex !
I asked at the dive shopyears back how old should I be before I considered giving up scuba diving
The answer came back @
:you can dive as long as you are alive you will find as you.get older it becomes harder and harder to get out of the water !"
Got it covered take the gear out to the end of the dock with the walker.
Put it on fall in
Crawl out pn the beach !
That is true. I know 'older' friends who pop off the boat, get their gear handed down and pull it on just like in Open Water training. Diving is easy, its the in/out that gets harder.
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I.m currently 67 and I still freedive and scubadive
To be honest, my primary dive is freediving, I began by freediving, done the advanced and rescue but if I have to choose, my hart directs me toward freediving.
with age, something had changed, now, my level of confidence is the limit I respect, today, it should be 50 ft, tomorrow, it could be 15 ft, both of them give me the satisfaction of practicing an activity that I love. I have nothing to prove to myself or to anybody.
My whish is to be able to continue to an advanced age as it is a good reason to stay fit.
A very good topic.
Thank you Jacques. Stay fit and keep on freediving.
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Rob with the Scuba Museum passed your information along to me. I find that you are an excellent resource of vintage SCUBA information and quite an extensive collection. Thanks to Rob and yourself, A part of .my diving past. ( ‘doubles’ for U/W photography ) has turned into a passion for finding and diving with fully operational vintage SCUBA gear. As for the age question, I keep myself in as good of physical shape as possible…gym routine… and I keep feeling better despite my age. I also know my limitations and get some ‘water’ time. BTW … turning 63 on July 31…. Love your Sea Hunt collection and I am looking forward to viewing more or your CZcamss. Keep it up Alec!!
giantfroginthepool ( …there’s a story behind this one. ) Scott Bonser
Very glad you like my rants err videos! Rob and I go way back and his vintage gear service is needed by lots of divers. More videos coming on Vintage Scuba and Sea Hunt Remembered so enjoy and thanks for watching.
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Alec, I have not heard too much about Sea Hunt events such as your Florida Silver Springs trips. I hope your senior friends are still planning events. I would love to see more of this style of videos as I dive double hose regulators too.
I hope so too! Been 3 years since our last event. May be a few more years as many are 60+++ and you should be healthy to dive. If an event is confirmed, I'll let everyone know.
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Alec, I really enjoyed this article as I don’t feel too old to dive. My Cardio Doc gave me a checkup and my conditions are improving enough to be taken off of some meds. My cardiologist Encourages me to continue diving at my own pace as he dives as well.
Fantastic Scott. Go at your own pace and enjoy every dive. Maybe the enriched air nitrox will help?
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Hi Alec. Never too old to dive, true, but too old to remember where I left my scuba gear? But the cold does make it a little less enjoyable sometimes. Those early wetsuits must have been chilly. Take care and stay warm Owen m
I will Owen now where did I put my BC, tank, mask, boots. Diana, where did you hide my gear!!!
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No emails, laptops, phones or stress underwater. I do it to relax.
No dive computer, SPG or alternate air. Very simple and fun but you sure paid attention to dive time and depth.
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There was a dive instructor here in Des Moines, IA that passed away a couple years ago at 92. He was diving with students at 88. Never too old........
Wow, still teaching at 92. Much respect to be so dedicated and sharing the underwater world with kids at 88.
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I love your sence oft humor!
😆 I thought almost the same. Somewhere in Florida, someone may search on internet: "what is ice?"
I guess you are never too old to dive, I may know why. Since you were as old as you feel... and divers always feel much younger then orhers, you can't even reach the age you should stop diving. 😁
I can imagine Alec feels at least 30 years younger as he is, so he would keep on diving even aged 130 years.
Thank Ben but not sure my wife could stand me for another 55 years! Hope I can dive then or will scuba be VR only!
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@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Alec sadly it's not me who decide it, it was me you and your wife would dive another 100 years.
Brilliant🤣🤣🤣
Thank you sir.
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I entered LA county underwater instructor candidate school late UICC56 when I was 56 years old and the other candidates were: two 30 year old Bay Watch life guards and 27 year old Cindy the female of the species.
In the pool I smoked then all on the underwater swim. I was surprised. I thought I was the old guy. Well I guess I discovered a gift late in life.
It's not age its ability. Congrats on whipping the kids by a 'stone age' diver.
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As long as my doc says so , I dive. I live in FL, but grew up in the NE US. I have ice dived a few times.
Florida diving is so much more comfortable than ice diving. I miss it only in my head, not my bones.
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I was in the bathtub a few times with my mask usually after watching Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea or Flipper. My mom took a few photos. I used to have a tank too. It was my cardboard Tinker-toys container. It didn't withstand the pressure unfortunately.
So did I. Baths to me were 'scuba training time' so I went eagerly.
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67 & diving still. I do miss my boat though. And rock climbing. And mountaineering. And a few other bad habits...😎
We don't give up bad habits, just transition to new ones.
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Alec, diving shouldn't be restricted by age (older) if they can pass a medical checkup for diving. Emergencies can happen regardless of age.
All training agencies have medical forms for divers with health issues. Some are temporary issues others are permanent. Think about what is good for you, your buddy, and family when deciding to continue diving or hand up the fins and just share old stories.
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Yes
Thanks.
Hello, Thank you for all the scuba tech tips that you share. I enjoyed Silverfest in 2019, mainly due to your display of Sea Hunt memorabilia and the Sea Hunt Forever crew. Are you or the reenactors planning a trip down to Florida soon?
No plans for 2023 but 2024 is a maybe. Keep a watch on the Facebook "Sea Hunt Forever" page. If we plan a return, it will be shown there.
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Thank you.
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Currently 64, started diving at 56. Should have started decades earlier so a fair bit to do yet. I stay fit, I have no health conditions and dive regularly in drysuit and steel twins as well as with a shortie and ali single on holiday. About to do my TDI side mount course and lots still to learn and experience. So not giving up yet!
Keep on adding those specialties Tim. Side mount is very nice but for my its one tank, warm water and a nice reef to watch. Dive safe you young kid.
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Right on!
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I just did 18 dives in roatan..kozmik..70
Outstanding. Kevin dives CoCoView on Roatan each year for the lion fish hunting and a break from me.
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There is such a thing as being too old to dive just like there is also being too young to dive.
Another undeniable truth is that the older we get the less physical abilities we have in comparison to the younger version of oneself.
The two factors to determine if one if too old to dive are in my opinion, one, do we have good enough fitness to dive, not according to ourselves but according to our primary care doctor.
Secondly, are we smart enough to modify the type of diving that we do to make the level of difficulty of said dives decrease as age increases.
I know a diver who is in her mid 70s who is fit and smart and she has decided to continue diving for as long as she can but being that she is so smart, she also accepted the fact that moving forward she would have to pay for a divemaster to take her out diving on a one-on-one basis and the dives would not be as challenging as they used to be - mostly warm-water dives within 40 ft of depth now.
Dive as long as you can do so safely and as long as you want to keep on diving.
True for many of us stone age divers. Thanks for sharing Mauricio.
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We have somone in our dive club he is 78 still diving 1-2 times each week here in Norway
That is great to hear. Give them my best wishes for many more years.
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Hi Alec, you got me interested in ‘Sea Hunt’ and I’ve started watching the episodes here on CZcams, I’m up to season 3. What a great character is Mike Nelson! Was Lloyd Bridges the same way? Did any of you guys know him or went diving with him? Do you know if he kept on diving recreationally after the series ended? And if so, to what age did he continue on diving? Thanks much, and if you have photos of Lloyd Bridges diving for his own enjoyment, outside ´Sea Hunt’, it would be great if you posted them! Thanks again! Keep on diving!
Well Lloyd was a very generous man his entire life. Many 'nobody' actors started on Sea Hunt who just needed a job for a few days like Lenord Nimoy, Jack Nickleson, and many others. I didn't meet him, only 16 at the time in rural Ontario Canada with no way to get to California. Have you watched all my videos on Sea Hunt Remembered? Lots of interesting tid-bits of history there. Take care and enjoy the series.
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@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Thanks Alec, will do! Yes, it’s fun to see Lenord Nimoy in a few episodes, Larry Hagman too. I believe I heard you mention Lloyd Bridges enjoyed diving with his sons too on his free time, not to mention having them appear on ‘Sea Hunt’ episodes, at least Jeff in ‘The Gift’. What a great series! I’m of the ‘Flipper’ generation myself, another great show, different target audience though. Thanks again Alec!
I've had a 70 year old rescue course student.
No problem. If he's healthy & fit, encourage him.
Alec
I have heard that nitrox is good for older divers
Reducing your nitrogen loads helps reduce after diving fatigue and the increased O2 is good for the old brain. I use EAN every chance I can for these reasons. Safe diving Pete.
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A diver falls asleep face down on the coral. I can only imagine the panic the dive master must have had ! I must admit that Bonaire shore dives with the rocks and surge are getting less and less attractive now that I'm approaching 70 !
It was just myself and a dear friend. It can be very relaxing, too relaxing for that one crazy dive.
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What age is too old to learn to dive? I know physical condition will play a part in that decision.
Good health is a key requirement for safe diving. Mobility issues can be worked around but diving in poor health also risks your buddy. Stay safe Ralph and thanks for watching.
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What age is too old to learn to dive? There is no such number. What matters is your individual level of health and fitness. When I finally got around to getting certified I was the oldest in my class at 61, and the youngest was 13. Most were in their 20s and 30s. The instructors ranged from 25 to 75.