shellim123
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I am just wondering.. If you ask an experienced diver to go diving with you because you are a newbie and need some help, what are the ethics? Like do you offer to pay for their entrance fee? 
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Midnight Star
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I'm not sure how the others are going to respond, but I think it's going be along the lines of this:
I'll dive with someone because I enjoy their company, and they enjoy mine. If they need a more experienced diver there to dive with, and I happen to be that person, then i'm honored for anything I might be able to bring to their experience. They own me nothing else short of their company
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Mike.
I'll dive with someone because I enjoy their company, and they enjoy mine. If they need a more experienced diver there to dive with, and I happen to be that person, then i'm honored for anything I might be able to bring to their experience. They own me nothing else short of their company
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Mike.
I don't know that there are any "rules".
What I did, when I was new, was try to buy my buddy food or drink after the dive. Had there been an entry fee, I would have wanted to pay that, too.
Now that I'm on the other end of the equation, I don't expect anything from anybody. I volunteer to dive with new divers because I enjoy doing it. But being bought a cup of tea afterward is a nice gesture.
What I did, when I was new, was try to buy my buddy food or drink after the dive. Had there been an entry fee, I would have wanted to pay that, too.
Now that I'm on the other end of the equation, I don't expect anything from anybody. I volunteer to dive with new divers because I enjoy doing it. But being bought a cup of tea afterward is a nice gesture.
Good question.
When I first certed, my Instructor set me up with a couple of dives with experienced people. These weren't formal DM-assisted things, simply folks with experience willing to dive with a newbie, no $.
"Payback" has been that I, in turn, am happy to dive with new divers.
When I first certed, my Instructor set me up with a couple of dives with experienced people. These weren't formal DM-assisted things, simply folks with experience willing to dive with a newbie, no $.
"Payback" has been that I, in turn, am happy to dive with new divers.
shellim123:I am just wondering.. If you ask an experienced diver to go diving with you because you are a newbie and need some help, what are the ethics? Like do you offer to pay for their entrance fee?
I wouldn't dream of accepting such an offer just because someone values my experience- not that I'm all THAT experienced.
It is always MY pleasure to dive with someone just discovering the wonders of diving.
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I'd say that the answer would depend on the situation...shellim123:I am just wondering.. If you ask an experienced diver to go diving with you because you are a newbie and need some help, what are the ethics? Like do you offer to pay for their entrance fee?
1> If I'm diving with a DM or Inst, I offer to pay them for showing me how to dive the situation, etc. I tried in Seattle, but the nice SB members who hosted me for a couple of days wouldn't accept.
2> If just diving with a more experienced diver as a mentor, it's a nice gesture. That's' what I did with the divers in 1 above, but I had to get a little pushy about it, as they were really nice folks to dive with. I think I was able to pay their fees on day, for a lunch each.
I'm not much of a diver, but I enjoy diving with newbies in some situations, for the joy of helping when I can, as well as watching their enthusiasm. On the last day, tho - after paying a charter fee and another day & night of expenses of being on a trip, I avoided diving with a newbie, as I was there at significant expense to see sights seen nowhere else.
Good of you to ask.
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jetfixer
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Assuming that you are talking about entrance fee to the dive area, I think it would be a nice gesture but not mandatory. Most experienced divers enjoy sharing their wealth of knowledge with people interested in bettering their skills. Lunch or post dive libations work too!
shellim123:I am just wondering.. If you ask an experienced diver to go diving with you because you are a newbie and need some help, what are the ethics? Like do you offer to pay for their entrance fee?
Not necessary. You find someone who lives in West Jordan and say, "Hey, Art. I need a dive buddy." Although it's starting to get a tad nippy when you get out of the water just now. <grin>
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shellim123
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Thanks for the help! I found a new friend on SB that has offered to take me to Sea Base as soon as I get certified on the 18TH!!!! I just did not want to look like an *** and not offer something, its like someone buying you a drink, you return the favor!! Thanks for the advise!
mirrocraft
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i agree with everyone here its nice to offer but i wowuldnt do the entrence fee i would do the lunch thing i like to offer lunch to any dive buddy not just ones that are diving with me for the first time all its kind of a thing you can go back and forth with buying each other lunch
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