Diving at night...is it creepy?

[Cichlid]

I don't think it will be my cup of tea, seeing that getting into a dark pool gives me the creeps. Why do you guys do it? Is it just to see the nocturnal creatures or what?

[ParrotHead]

Let me tell you something - When I did my night dive (as part of my AOW class) - everything clicked. My buoyancy was spot on - my senses were heightened - it was just a great dive. It was the only night dive I've done, but I would definitely do another.

[ScubaToys Larry]

I'd trade one night dive for 4 day dives. It's so peaceful, so many neat critters you don't see during the day, fish sleeping, octos out hunting, lobsters and crabs crawling around, coral pollups out filtering... It's great!

And you see more. When you day dive, you are looking at the whole ocean - as far as the vis goes. When night diving, you are focused where you light is, so you get more concentrated on some of the neater and smaller things the ocean has to offer!

Try it! You won't be sorry! But report back!

[Wolfie2012]

I took my wife on her first night dive just a few weeks ago. Every day up until the point of entering the water she was very apprehensive about doing it. She had that innate fear of things she can't see.

The second she hit the water and went under she was in awe at how beautiful a night dive can be. She came up afterwards and as much as she hated to admit that I was right - she absolutely loved it.

[TAH 73]

Echoing the above statement's. A night dive becomes almost surreal, one piece of advice I might give is if you apprehensive about doing a night dive try and do it in an are where you have dove previously. I had the opportunity to dive in an area where I had done quite a few dives, (to the point where it had become boring and mundane) and diving at night refreshed the enthusiasm for diving in the area, and it seemed like it was a new dive area again.

[DirtyWaterIL]

you see so much more on a ngiht dive its incredible. i never got a creepy feeling while doing one. The only thing i don;t like is it canbe kind of a pain int he ass at the end breaking down your gear in the dark.

[Queen]

I adore night dives! It feels like flying and the nocturnal fishys are amazing!

[starfish sandy]

I agree! Night dives are great - we did a night dive in Cozumel a few years back in a ripping current - stuff just flew by - it was a full moon - it was a great dive!

[thesmoothdome]

Nothing scary about night diving. If something creepy does come within range of your light, just turn it off and it's gone. No worries.

[Cichlid]

Originally Posted by thesmoothdome

Nothing scary about night diving. If something creepy does come within range of your light, just turn it off and it's gone. No worries.

That's funny, does closing your eyes during day dives work the same?