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My family recently took a cruise with Grand Cayman as a port of call. There were 8 of us who wanted to dive and we settled on Divers Down. Because there were 8 of us we chartered our own boat for a 2 tank 2 site dive. Nicole requested equipment needs and sizes, which I promptly sent her prior to leaving on the cruise.
On the day of the dive we got to the shop early and started filling out the paperwork and then started trying on equipment. They didn't have the proper sizes or quantities which delayed us (so why did she request the info?) we finally got the right gear after someone brought it from another dive shop. So we were told to grab our gear and head down to the dock, that the boat was on it's way. After waiting another hour we asked what was going on, and we were told that the boats battery was dead and they had to replace it. Finally the boat came and our dive master/boat captain 23 year old JENNY had us pick out weights from a jumble of weights and then we FINALLY got under way. By this time 2 of the allotted 4 hours was gone. We wanted to do a good wall dive and low and behold according to her we were at it! It was obvious she took us to the closest "wall dive" she could. She said we would be diving to max depth of 115 ft. We should get our gear on and meet in the water.
THERE WERE MANY NOVICE DIVERS IN THE GROUP SHE NEVER ASKED ANY OF US OUR EXPERIENCE LEVEL, NEVER ASKED OR PAIRED US UP, (WE PAIRED OURSELVES UP) HER DIVE BRIEF WAS.... WELL BRIEF. WE ALL WENT DOWN AND WAITED FOREVER FOR HER TO GET DOWN THERE USING UP VALUABLE AIR. WHEN SHE GOT DOWN SHE NEVER CHECKED ON US BUT JUST TOOK OFF. I COULD NOT FIND MY BUDDY AND WAS TRYING YO GET HER ATTENTION. FINALLY GOT HER ATTENTION AND JENNY HAD TAKEN HER BACK TO THE SURFACE DUE TO A CLEARING PROBLEM. MY BUDDY TOLD JENNY TO BE SURE AND TELL ME SHE WAS OK AND TO BUDDY ME UP WITH HER OR SOMEONE ELSE, WHICH SHE DIDN'T. WE STARTED THE DIVE AND JENNY WAS SO FAR OUT IN FRONT OF US THAT I COULD HARDLY SEE HER. ME AND MY SISTER WERE DESPERATELY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH HER AND COULDN'T ENJOY THE DIVE. WE GOT BACK UP ON THE SHELF AND I CHECKED MY AIR AND WAS ALMOST AT 0 PSI I GRABBED MY SISTER INDICATED I WAS LOW AND WE ASCENDED.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO SEE ON THIS DIVE AND IT WAS DANGEROUS DUE TO JENNY'S UNPROFESSIONALISM. WHEN YOU GO DIVING YOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD DIVING EXPERIENCE. THAT MEANS THINGS GO SMOOTHLY, THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT IS THERE FOR YOU IN GOOD CONDITION, THE BOAT (ESPECIALLY ON A CHARTER) IS THERE ON TIME AND READY TO GO AND YOUR DIVE MASTER IS SAFE, PROFESSIONAL, AND TAKES CARE OF YOU! THIS WAS NOT OUR EXPERIENCE BOTTOM LINE...BE WARY OF DIVERS DOWN AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET JENNY AS YOUR DIVE MASTER!
On the day of the dive we got to the shop early and started filling out the paperwork and then started trying on equipment. They didn't have the proper sizes or quantities which delayed us (so why did she request the info?) we finally got the right gear after someone brought it from another dive shop. So we were told to grab our gear and head down to the dock, that the boat was on it's way. After waiting another hour we asked what was going on, and we were told that the boats battery was dead and they had to replace it. Finally the boat came and our dive master/boat captain 23 year old JENNY had us pick out weights from a jumble of weights and then we FINALLY got under way. By this time 2 of the allotted 4 hours was gone. We wanted to do a good wall dive and low and behold according to her we were at it! It was obvious she took us to the closest "wall dive" she could. She said we would be diving to max depth of 115 ft. We should get our gear on and meet in the water.
THERE WERE MANY NOVICE DIVERS IN THE GROUP SHE NEVER ASKED ANY OF US OUR EXPERIENCE LEVEL, NEVER ASKED OR PAIRED US UP, (WE PAIRED OURSELVES UP) HER DIVE BRIEF WAS.... WELL BRIEF. WE ALL WENT DOWN AND WAITED FOREVER FOR HER TO GET DOWN THERE USING UP VALUABLE AIR. WHEN SHE GOT DOWN SHE NEVER CHECKED ON US BUT JUST TOOK OFF. I COULD NOT FIND MY BUDDY AND WAS TRYING YO GET HER ATTENTION. FINALLY GOT HER ATTENTION AND JENNY HAD TAKEN HER BACK TO THE SURFACE DUE TO A CLEARING PROBLEM. MY BUDDY TOLD JENNY TO BE SURE AND TELL ME SHE WAS OK AND TO BUDDY ME UP WITH HER OR SOMEONE ELSE, WHICH SHE DIDN'T. WE STARTED THE DIVE AND JENNY WAS SO FAR OUT IN FRONT OF US THAT I COULD HARDLY SEE HER. ME AND MY SISTER WERE DESPERATELY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH HER AND COULDN'T ENJOY THE DIVE. WE GOT BACK UP ON THE SHELF AND I CHECKED MY AIR AND WAS ALMOST AT 0 PSI I GRABBED MY SISTER INDICATED I WAS LOW AND WE ASCENDED.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO SEE ON THIS DIVE AND IT WAS DANGEROUS DUE TO JENNY'S UNPROFESSIONALISM. WHEN YOU GO DIVING YOUR LOOKING FOR A GOOD DIVING EXPERIENCE. THAT MEANS THINGS GO SMOOTHLY, THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT IS THERE FOR YOU IN GOOD CONDITION, THE BOAT (ESPECIALLY ON A CHARTER) IS THERE ON TIME AND READY TO GO AND YOUR DIVE MASTER IS SAFE, PROFESSIONAL, AND TAKES CARE OF YOU! THIS WAS NOT OUR EXPERIENCE BOTTOM LINE...BE WARY OF DIVERS DOWN AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET JENNY AS YOUR DIVE MASTER!