Divemaster Tipping

[Docc]

10 bucks a tank to the DM and 10 bucks a tank to the boat captain(unless he ain't where he's supposed to be when he's supposed to be).

 

[the gooch]

$10 a tank!!?? Are you guys serious. If a DM is not guiding me underwater and the crew is very pleasant then I will throw a $10 bill in the tip jar for the whole crew. But $10/tank to both the DM and Capt. --that is absurd.

 

[Rhone Man]

$10 a tank!!?? Are you guys serious. If a DM is not guiding me underwater and the crew is very pleasant then I will throw a $10 bill in the tip jar for the whole crew. But $10/tank to both the DM and Capt. --that is absurd.

Maybe if it was a crew made up of Victoria's Secrets models lathered up with baby oil...
otherwise, yeah, I agree, that sounds a bit much.

 

[SailNaked]

I think it should be $20.00 per tank to all Texas DMs, they have it tough and only get to dive in clear water a few times a year so they deserve more, however when I move to Florida then I think in the future $20 should be the standard also. If you look at it like a poor DM may not be paid by the operator and if he is out on the boat for 1/2 a day then consider his lost wages at $100 a day so the boat as a whole needs to tip him at least $50. of course if they carry your tanks across the hot sand to the boat and lift your fat wife out of the ocean with her integrated BC and 35# of lead in it, then maybe you should pay a premium and kick in your kids college fund, they will never use it anyway and the DM is at least working for it.

 

[El Orans]

I usually tip $5 per tank.

Ditto.

Maybe if it was a crew made up of Victoria's Secrets models lathered up with baby oil...

:daydreaming:

 

[krawdady]

Maybe if it was a crew made up of Victoria's Secrets models lathered up with baby oil...
otherwise, yeah, I agree, that sounds a bit much.

I agree. Of course, the tip would all be in one dollar bills. I do $5.00 a tank for the most part.

 

[fisheyeview]

Maybe if it was a crew made up of Victoria's Secrets models lathered up with baby oil...
otherwise, yeah, I agree, that sounds a bit much.

We used to have a boat here in Ft. Lauderdale that only hired hard bodied female DM's. Standard uniform was a bikini. I miss that boat.

 

[deepstops]

Maybe if it was a crew made up of Victoria's Secrets models lathered up with baby oil...

Where does that charter run because I'm in like Flint

Seriously, I usually tip a minimum of $5/tank on a standard S FL recreational charter.

 

[fisheyeview]

Where does that charter run because I'm in like Flint

Brian,

Did you ever dive with Walt off the Dry Martini?

 

[deepstops]

Brian,

Did you ever dive with Walt off the Dry Martini?

Only once before he stopped operating. That was a great operation indeed.