A web search indicates that H.I.R.S.A. represents no (0) diver operators and shows no presence for S.O.R.M.A. H.O.S.T while indicating that it has a diving subcommittee, has no member that is designated as hailing from the diving community.
Me thinks Derek talkin' cocka-pu-pu.
In fact this bunch was exposed as prevaricators during
a previous run in.
On their web site they indicate:
"Andrew has been with Seaport Divers since October 1996 and serves as our Senior Captain and as an instructor. He started decking on fishing boats when he was 18 and has been a certified diver since 1982. He grew up diving in Monterey Bay and
received a BA in marine biology from Cal-State Santa Cruz. Combine all that knowledge with almost two decades here on Kauai . . . if you have a question, Andrew probably has the answer. Outside of work Andrew loves wood- working, shell collecting and has the largest Aquarium and Fish collection any of us has ever seen."
There is no such institution as Cal-State Santa Cruz. You'd think that Andrew would be able to remember where he graduated from, for that they'd have fixed this glaring inaccuracy when I pointed it out to them many months ago.
I don't dive with liars and suggest you do not do so either.