I've seen plenty of beginner divers on Santa Rosa, they just stay at the shallower depths. Some dive ops have more stringent operating procedures regarding who they take where then others do.
Diving is a sport with risks. Even when a diver does everything right, bad things can happen. Things can go wrong at anytime for any diver on any dive. People need to understand that when they get into diving. Choosing one diving destination over another isn't going to change the odds of whether or not you become a dive accident victim.
If there is a diver who can 100% honestly say they have never once done anything dumb, gone against their better judgement or never pushed their personal comfort or skill level, I would love to meet them. Whether that was a factor here or not, I don't know and really, at this point I don't care. Insured or not, pushing our comfort or training limits, or staying well within them, any one of us could get hurt at some point and for a variety of reasons be in need of emotional and/or financial support to get through it. I would hope that if it was someone I know and care about it, there would be other divers willing to step up without judgement or superior, know it all attitude.
Diving is a sport with risks. Even when a diver does everything right, bad things can happen. Things can go wrong at anytime for any diver on any dive. People need to understand that when they get into diving. Choosing one diving destination over another isn't going to change the odds of whether or not you become a dive accident victim.
If there is a diver who can 100% honestly say they have never once done anything dumb, gone against their better judgement or never pushed their personal comfort or skill level, I would love to meet them. Whether that was a factor here or not, I don't know and really, at this point I don't care. Insured or not, pushing our comfort or training limits, or staying well within them, any one of us could get hurt at some point and for a variety of reasons be in need of emotional and/or financial support to get through it. I would hope that if it was someone I know and care about it, there would be other divers willing to step up without judgement or superior, know it all attitude.