Amazz
Contributor
I was very ready to tear them a new one. However......being into customer service......I didn't want to SCREAM at two people who paid a ricidulous amount of money for rental gear and fees for tanks and two dives. I also didn't want to yell at them in front of other customers and possibly ruin their trip. I pulled them aside and put it very delicately. I was sooooo pissed but played it as best as I could. I said that I was extremely concerned that he breathed his tank down to 300 psi at such a depth, that buddies need to stick together and follow the dm lead no matter what, if it doesn't feel right you need to abort the dive and your buddy needs to follow and understand, blah blah. Since there were two divemasters I "allowed" them to make a second dive. It was discussed with the capt. He was willing to bench them. I knew the second dive was much easier. I was on him like a leech. Interestingly, throughout the entire dive he was using his point and shoot and never once looked at his pressure guage. I definitely noticed and monitored if for him by looking over his shoulder. Unbelievable. I think there is also the danger of divemasters getting too familiar with the diving and forgetting that water can kill. What seems like ordinary drift diving and 80 ft. can be extremely dangerous for those diving after their initial dives on the 30 ft. Key's reefs, like Molasses.