Over 50 and still diving? (Go on, admit it....)

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I might be wrong (or just old and confused), but it seems to be about people who started diving after 50, not those still diving but who started earlier.

10 minutes ago, d2b said:

I might be wrong (or just old and confused), but it seems to be about people who started diving after 50, not those still diving but who started earlier.

Same for me.... I started with 48... (more or less 50+ ;) )

14 minutes ago, d2b said:

I might be wrong (or just old and confused), but it seems to be about people who started diving after 50, not those still diving but who started earlier.

Yep, it is slightly confusing but I understand the dissertation is about divers who are 50+ and not necessarily those who started after 50.

But then being a couple of decades beyond that, I could be confused too….. 🙄

I thought it was quite clear started after 50

At the age of 60 (turned 60 few months ago), the sea still feels like home for me. I first went beneath the surface at 12, following my father into a world of silence and light. And, really, I never truly came back.

More than 3,5000 dives later, I still find the same thrill in each descent, even though i am 50+: the calm before immersion, the dance of color and motion (not only in Asia, but even in lakes in Switzerland), the quiet connection to something vast and eternal.

What keeps me diving being 50+ is not only the beauty I find down there, but the humility it teaches. The reminder that life is fragile, magnificent, and fleeting.

As long as I can breath, I will keep returning to the water. 60+, 70+, 80+....

It’s where I feel most alive, and where, one day, I hope to rest for the last time. I mean, my ashes.

I completed survey, as @lambee01 said, I'm over 60 but I will continue until my health is fine.

By the way, after 58 years old I noticed more fatigue using heavy equipment 😉

40 minutes ago, Gmsalterego said:

By the way, after 58 years old I noticed more fatigue using heavy equipment

You are right... my photo gear is every year heavier I need to stop add some lense, strobe, light. or what ever 🤣

It’s ok. Once you hit the Big Seven Zero you realise you don’t need so much kit….. housing, two lenses, two ports, two strobes and a snoot. And you’re done 😝

6 minutes ago, TimG said:

housing, two lenses, two ports, two strobes and a snoot. And you’re done

It^'s more or less what I have.... I'm still thinking about removing the 2 torch ... but in night dive or in some location it is good to have the light for searching small stuff.
Also when you lost the other turn on the lights help a lot (to be founded ;) )

In the worst case.. I have the 2 SOS on the Retra AND the troch...

Same for the go-pro on the top of the housing... I didn't use it a lot... but in some case... really usefull to have an other angle of view if something special arrive... Dophin or ???? Like here
Dauphin Hurghada 202310 | Hugues Brun | Flickr

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by CaolIla

Seems you struck a nerve in this community. You can declare in the first question whether you STARTED diving at 50+ or not - even if you choose „No“, you can still fill out the rest of the questionnaire (I was 48). Looks to me like they are doing a survey and compiling arguments to promote our diving hobby among those who are likely able to spare the money. It‘s true after all, our kids (well, young adults) take the greatest pleasure when diving with us because … we invite them. 😉