I’ve only been on DiveBuddy for a short time, but I’m really impressed with how easy it is to find and get in touch with people. The ScubaEarth is a phenomenal tool for finding shops, sites, clubs, and of course BUDDIES! No more jumping around on multiple web sites to find people (Facebook, etc), dive sites (too many to name), shops, charters, etc. I spent god-knows-how-many hours compiling a list of Florida shore dive sites because shoredive.com is great but kinda spotty coverage-wise. I logged onto DiveBuddy and almost every one of the 40 or so sites I gathered up were at my fingertips through Scuba Earth. DiveBuddy is the best fully-integrated one stop shop on the web.
It’s so easy to use and the more we feed this monster, the more powerful a tool it will be. So thanks so much to the active members who nourish the site.
A huge benefit is that there are enough active people that I can get current conditions reports and sometimes on the very next day.
One of the very best things about DiveBuddy is Greg and his interest in creating an interested community. He’s like a great host at a party; you never know when he’ll drop in to chat about something and see how you’re doing and encourage the mingling that makes for a great partyand a great community site!
Most of all, the members here have been very welcoming to me as a freediver. Since even moderately serious freedivers can visit depths of 80 to 100ft, we’re diving a lot of the same sites (caves excepted, of course) and it makes perfect sense for us to have a place for common membership. Many serious freedivers are also SCUBA certified. I’m planning to get mine as soon as I reach my freediving ability goals and reach a comfortable plateau. I think DiveBuddy can be a gathering place for freedivers and SCUBA divers alike.
Dive on!
-Jason Parker