Buddy Dvie vs Capn Don's: Locker facilities

[OMyMyOHellYes]

One thing I didn't care for at BD when I was there a few years back was the dive locker rooms. Too many folks wearing wetsuits (in 82-84 degree water?) hanging them up, crowding the room, small lockers and it felt dirty to me. Never dried out. Smelled a little sour. Alway drippy slippy feeling.

Capn Don's any better as I'm considering a return late in the year? Other comparable locations?

 

[RIHappyDiver]

Dive Friends Sand Dollar/Den Laman has a secured drying room, no lockers. Hang your gear on pegs, wetsuits are on hangers in the middle. I believe @scubadada posted a picture in a trip report a few years back. See if I can find it for you.

Erik

 

[RIHappyDiver]

Found it.

 

[rmorgan]

Don’s used to be an always-wet cave, but I think they redid it to some extent a few years ago. Den Laman’s is good, although it supports a lot of users. It’s secured after hours.

 

[tkaelin]

At captain dons the lockers are half lockers that fit your gear but most people bring booties and wetsuits back to their porches to dry out. I put fins, mask weight belt bcd and reg in locker and will bring any layers booties and camera back to room and porch.

I like the set up and area. Tip - grab a top locker.

 

[arew+4]

The facilities at den laman / sand dollar are good, but can be crowded. Security is ok, could use cameras and unique codes, but you don't have the brightest shinny-est gear you got nothing to worry about

 

[divezonescuba]

A couple of sad stories about the Den Laman / Sand Dollar locker room which is not secure against other guests. That’s why the sign says security provided but not guaranteed.

First is this guy who only dove in the mornings. Every morning, his gear was rearranged on his bcd and he would have to put it back were it was originally. This went on for three days. He then discovered another diver who he did not know had been using his bcd every afternoon. It was only after he posted a nasty note on his bcd did the other diver stop using his gear.

Second was a guy who had an xl waterproof wetsuit. He went to use it one morning and it was missing. However, there was an xl women’s waterproof wetsuit on the rack near where his had been. The diveshop said there was nothing they could do. Somehow the guy squeezed himself into the women’s XL wetsuit. His wetsuit never came back to the locker room. He eventually found it discarded days later on one of the Dive Friends boats. Apparently, the person who accidentally took his wetsuit couldn’t be bothered to return it to the locker room.

The Den Laman / Sand Dollar condo owners have their gear secured behind a second locked partition to prevent that from happening.