gasgirl
Contributor
Prevailing opinion seems to be that surface intervals should always be over 60 minutes and if a dive op provides any time less then 60 minutes then you should take your business elsewhere.
I would like to know which dive ops in Cozumel actually have an official 60 minute surface interval policy.
I would prefer if responders can verify their actual SI times from their logbooks rather than relying on their memories.
I just did this exercise for my Grand Cayman two tank boat dives and I had only one out of approximately 80 of those surface intervals actually meet the 60 minute mark. This was diving with six different dive ops over 8 different trips to Grand Cayman.
The average SI was 40-50 minutes. The shortest was 30 minutes.
If I am going to tell my dive op that they are not meeting the industry standard, then I want to be sure that this really is the standard practice.
I would like to know which dive ops in Cozumel actually have an official 60 minute surface interval policy.
I would prefer if responders can verify their actual SI times from their logbooks rather than relying on their memories.
I just did this exercise for my Grand Cayman two tank boat dives and I had only one out of approximately 80 of those surface intervals actually meet the 60 minute mark. This was diving with six different dive ops over 8 different trips to Grand Cayman.
The average SI was 40-50 minutes. The shortest was 30 minutes.
If I am going to tell my dive op that they are not meeting the industry standard, then I want to be sure that this really is the standard practice.