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Jesse. You are very welcome. I am glad that you enjoyed the video. We could all use a little more peace and balance. Stay strong.

Haven't yet. May have to get up there to try it sometime.

Hey thanks Adam. I'm glad you appreciated it.

That’s really awesome! It is an amazing place!

You can spear invasive species or what is considered “trash” fish. You are correct in that you cannot spear game fish.

@@reidadventures Awesome thank you I just did my first dives at Swinging bridge yesterday! Will have to look what species as I'd love to practice the aim for some real game fish on the coast.

I am glad it helps. Being afraid of water is much more common than most people think.

I appreciate you subscribing to the channel. We dive out at Swinging Bridge quite regularly and I have a few videos on my channel of a few different spots including under the waterfall up river. Check'em out. Maybe we will run into one another someday.

Thanks... and I like bacon.

@@reidadventures i do to

Here I am using a Hollis Neotek Semi-Dry. It came with two thigh pockets pre-installed. It's one of my favorites due to the front zipper across the chest so it is really easy to get in and out of by yourself and relatively inexpensive for a Semi-Dry.

The first is The Fairies by Adilynn Ramin and the second one is Cornelia by The Eastern Plain. I currently use Epidemic Sound for all of my music so you can find them there. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Cornelia by The Eastern Plain. I get all of my music on Epidemic Sound so you could find it there. Thanks for watching.

1.) I would add around 6 pounds for the difference between a steel 100 and an aluminum 80. At depth, the steel 100 (empty) is around 4 pounds negative where the aluminum 80 is around 2 pounds positively buoyant (empty). Your mileage may vary but that is a pretty good rule of thumb to start with. 2.) This video was filmed at “The Swinging Bridge” on the Illinois River outside of Selma, Oregon. Great spot. Some of my other videos such as the Diving under a waterfall was also filmed at this location. Thanks for the support!

Glad you liked the video. I would recommend that you record as much information as possible from your dives in your dive log including tank type and size as well as wetsuit thickness so as you gain experience you can look back at your logs of similar dives that you are planning to get a good idea of a good setup. Most divers just throw on a ton of weight because that’s what their instructor had them do so they could stick to the bottom to perform the necessary skills to get certified. It is such a drastic difference when you properly dial in the minimum amount of weight needed to safely complete your dive.

I appreciate it. COVID has prevented some great dive trips I had planned this year but looking forward to getting back at it ASAP.

Thank you.

No worries. Sorry you didn’t enjoy that part. Everyone has they’re own tastes.

I appreciate your comment. It is hard to get into the water with everything going on right now here in the Pacific Northwest.

Ghost town guy Apparently they do exist however we didn’t venture to that part of the lake. I have heard different stories but through my research it seems that there are only parts of some foundations visible on the mud flats. Not sure how accurate that is. I guess the boat ramp is the old highway that used to run to the town called Copper. Seems like I need to venture back out there and see what I can find.

​@@reidadventuresyou ever make it back to try and find what's left of Copper?

@@ghosttownguy7472 Haven't made it back to Applegate in a while.

Thanks

Thanks. I was going diving there today but plans changed.

It's kinda rainy. Not sure about the cfs currently but I was thinking about going next weekend. Usually if it's under 500 its a pretty easy dive.

Chris Carrera thanks Chris. Maybe the masses just aren’t ready for it yet😁

For sure. I was planning a trip to dive Silfra in Iceland before COVID-19 happened so not that is on hold. There a dry suit is a MUST.

Rick Knight I am in Southern Oregon, along the I-5 corridor around the Medford/Grants Pass area.

Rick Knight I originally hail from Mississippi. Not acclimated to the heat and humidity anymore. Kind of gotten spoiled in the Rogue Valley of Oregon. Come on over. There is some amazing river diving depending on the time of year.

I didn’t even realize I said that in the beginning of every dive video until one of my dive buddies pointed it out. And in true diving fashion, started roasting me about it. All in good fun of course.

Thanks Matt. I appreciate it.

I am glad you enjoyed it. I believe I will be in Catalina in a few weeks. Love some Cali Diving! I have a three part series on a dive trip to Monterey. Check it out if you haven't seen it.

That's AWESOME! Some great diving all around Oregon. I just posted a video of a dive in Clear Lake, check it out if you haven't seen it. Some of the clearest water you will ever see!

Reid Adventures I did encounter an unfortunate event during this process. Due to the coronavirus my final dive for the open water certification through PADI could not be completed. However, they claimed that they will certify us at a lower level where we are still able to purchase air from a dive shop. Does that sound legitimate or am I going to have to end up taking the course once again when I’m back in the states?

D That sounds a little weird to me but there are a lot of crazy things happening because of COVID-19. All of my certifications are through SSI but from my understanding they are both virtually the same process. I don’t know of a certification less than the Open Water cert that allows you access to dive shop rentals, hosted dive trips, etc. but I am not on the instructor side of things so there could be. If you do have to complete it after all this is over, I would say that is a great thing. The more knowledge you can gain from a good instructor is to your benefit.

Sprill Elite Thanks. From what I can gather, if you were to go out further than we did on our second dive, the depth drops to over 100 feet with more standing timber. I am itching to find out.

@@reidadventures that'd be a super cool dive. Do you know of anyone who has done that? With the altitude, the theoretical depth would be about 120 feet so I doubt many people have

I stand corrected. Turns out it's a common deep dive location

Thanks for the complement. If you do any high altitude diving, most the alpine lakes are amazing. I have a video coming soon of a dive in Clear Lake in the Cascades. Hundreds of feet of visibility but frigidly cold from being fed by snowmelt. Depending on the time of year, the rivers (such as the one seen here) are great. Not a great deal of animal life to be seen in most locations though. There are a few good websites such as oregondivesites.com that offer some decent information. Hope this helps!

@@reidadventures Thanks!

Victor Zhang The changes of being lucky enough to see one here is EXTREMELY low. It could happen depending on the time of year but I wouldn’t count on it.

Swagsober Diver I really appreciate it. You can never have too many dive buddies. One great thing about diving here in the PNW is if you get comfortable here, almost everywhere else is really easy.

@@reidadventures THAT'S WHAT IVE HEARD. HITTING BROOKINGS TOMORROW, PRETTY EXCITED

Hey bud, what program or app do you use to edit your videos. Looks amazing

Swagsober Diver Adobe Premier Pro but there are some other great ones out there.