They know you. As I said earlier, if the OP had been a repeat customer he probably wouldn't have been subject to this policy and we wouldn't be having this discussion. If the op knows you there is no need to evaluate your proficiency; they already know it. Otherwise they want to find out if you can handle a deep dive before they take you out, and what your cert card says isn't a reliable measure of that. There are lots of folks who hold an AOW cert who have very few dives, haven't dealt with currents, etc. No matter what their card says, they're not ready for Punta Sur and that may be the plan for the next morning's dive.I've dove with Pro-Dive from the Occidental Grand (same boats and DMs as the Allegro) several times. I've never pre-booked any of my dives, I just go to the dive shop the day we get there, sign up, and get on the boat the next day. They have never mentioned anything about doing afternoon instead of morning, in fact, on my last trip I did all four the day after I arrived.
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