I own a bass boat and am intimately familiar with the lake above the surface, but not underwater. What is a fair rate to pay an instructor if I'm providing the boat and open water access for the dive? I have no idea what independent dive instruction costs, but just trying to get an idea, since I would be providing the transport.
My specific wants would be instruction on diving in low visibility conditions with entanglement hazards and with a move towards being a "self-reliant" diver in those same conditions.
Assume that we met at the lake, which is 2 hours away. The instructor would simply load their gear/drinks/snacks onto my boat and go. I have depth finders that will tell us what we are diving into as far as bottom depth and structure, etc. I would already have all my gear and 2 full tanks for the day.
I could pay the typical rate, but I'm also using the boat that has it's own costs associated with it. What is a fair rate for local lake instruction in this scenario?
My specific wants would be instruction on diving in low visibility conditions with entanglement hazards and with a move towards being a "self-reliant" diver in those same conditions.
Assume that we met at the lake, which is 2 hours away. The instructor would simply load their gear/drinks/snacks onto my boat and go. I have depth finders that will tell us what we are diving into as far as bottom depth and structure, etc. I would already have all my gear and 2 full tanks for the day.
I could pay the typical rate, but I'm also using the boat that has it's own costs associated with it. What is a fair rate for local lake instruction in this scenario?