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In the 20 minutes the divers had to wait, did you take them aboard, operators I use would have offered? Seems like they could have easily, accurately, related the story in this time. How long had they been on the surface when you spotted them?This post is out of concern for West Palm Beach (Florida) divers potentially considering diving with Little Deeper dive op. I was diving the Breakers Reefs today with my usual charter, during the surface interval we spotted a dive flag in the distance with no dive boats around. The captain pulled up alongside the divers and asked which op they were with and they said Little Deeper. The captain of our boat contacted Little Deeper on the radio, said we found some of their divers, they sounded confused .. Took 20 minutes to show up, didn't have any other drivers on the boat just crew. I was told this is not the first time this operation has had incidents like this.
Personally, without a more complete understanding of the facts, I would not post such potentially damaging information.How many times have you surfaced with your boat nowhere in the area, 20 minutes away? Is that acceptable to you?
BTW, my vantage point was from a dive boat, not a diver in the water. . They were nowhere in sight.