If you ever get a chance to dive here in NJ, I recommend the Stingray, Independence, Sea Lion, Spring Tide, Blue Fathoms, Lady Go-Diver, Depth Charge, or pretty much any boat but the Gypsy Blood.
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If you ever get a chance to dive here in NJ, I recommend the Stingray, Independence, Sea Lion, Spring Tide, Blue Fathoms, Lady Go-Diver, Depth Charge, or pretty much any boat but the Gypsy Blood.
almitywife
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can i ask OP how much you paid for the days diving???
at our LDS, a DM works on the boat for the free boat ride and fill and we aussies dont tip (and for that im grateful so when you guys come down here dont start
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at our LDS, a DM works on the boat for the free boat ride and fill and we aussies dont tip (and for that im grateful so when you guys come down here dont start
)
DepthJunkie
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A little off topic, is it unusual for a DM at a resort to actually live at the resort, maybe in lieu of a pay?
Almity....yeah true, and I had to get used to that. When I did my first fun dive here in Perh I tipped the DM $10. He couldn't beleive it! And that's only enough for one beer with some change left over!
As for Oahu Diving, they are mostly guided dives and your DM is not only a DM but normally an instructor. Where I worked, we would do hotel pick ups, cart the gear to the boat, assemble it, place it on board, Give the briefs, get the boat moored, Lead the dive group, change tanks, serve lunch, brief / lead second dive, break down gear, rinse it, load it back into the van for transport back to the hotel.
I only say the above as the pay for doing such isn't all that great...so tips are definitely appreciated. 10-20 is the norm, but somedays we have an entire boat load and only one diver tips. So a $20.00 tip divided among 3....you do the math.
Dives here in WA (West Aus not Wash State) are unguided, and you do everything for yourself so I see why tipping isn't the norm. But I did it out of habit.
Jus my 2.2 cents (Due to exchange rate).
Cheers and Safe Diving!
As for Oahu Diving, they are mostly guided dives and your DM is not only a DM but normally an instructor. Where I worked, we would do hotel pick ups, cart the gear to the boat, assemble it, place it on board, Give the briefs, get the boat moored, Lead the dive group, change tanks, serve lunch, brief / lead second dive, break down gear, rinse it, load it back into the van for transport back to the hotel.
I only say the above as the pay for doing such isn't all that great...so tips are definitely appreciated. 10-20 is the norm, but somedays we have an entire boat load and only one diver tips. So a $20.00 tip divided among 3....you do the math.
Dives here in WA (West Aus not Wash State) are unguided, and you do everything for yourself so I see why tipping isn't the norm. But I did it out of habit.
Jus my 2.2 cents (Due to exchange rate).
Cheers and Safe Diving!
almitywife
Vegemite Mod
RD... ahhhhh, i just thought of something!
we, the almitees, do not tip but we just finished a 5 day trip to Tassie and gave our boat guy (we didnt have a DM/guide) a slab of his favourite as thanks and whenever hubby has a DM on his courses he always buys the guy something like wild turkey to give him after the final dive of the course
but if we were out on just a single or double boat dive for the day i wouldnt tip down here - usually only if we have done a week or dive trip with a particular captain/dm
we, the almitees, do not tip but we just finished a 5 day trip to Tassie and gave our boat guy (we didnt have a DM/guide) a slab of his favourite as thanks and whenever hubby has a DM on his courses he always buys the guy something like wild turkey to give him after the final dive of the course
but if we were out on just a single or double boat dive for the day i wouldnt tip down here - usually only if we have done a week or dive trip with a particular captain/dm
Last weekend I took a couple of not very experienced divers that were not very together, ie; left masks at the hotel, had regulator issues, and bad buoyancy(weighting issues). I always carry a couple of extra masks and a spare reg. setup among other things. We went to a depth of 43' for various reasons, The clients burned through heavily filled 80's in 27min. where I used a whopping 700 psi while even chasing them around. At the end of the dive they returned to the LDS where they ran into me, and left a $40.00 tip. That really blew me away, but I guess they had such a great time and felt the trip would have been a total bomb run if it had not been for the DM(me) so it totally depends on the services rendered and the proffesionalism of the DM's/crew.*Note* this was a shore dive at a local hot spot in Hoods Port, Washington and the divers were from Chicago visiting family.
Crewing a boat up here you don't get paid but work your butt off. So tips are appreciated. Working as an Instructor up here I am paid so don't expect tips, when i get them they are appreciated. Means that you think I did a great job, which I try to do whether or not I will get a tip. I always remind them they don't have to, last time mother of one of my students said that I took care of her son and deserved it though.
Heading out on a different boat this weekend here in WA, I'll see what the service is like, and report on tipping...or is that Tip-Ping, a city in china??
The wind and the sea can tip this vessel...
But only YOU can tip the crew...
I have worked both ways as a DM/Inst.
On a liveaboard boat we were tipped some times alot some alittle, it seemed that if it was a shop group that had booked the whole boat the tips were good.
If it wasnt a shop...
Down in the sunny El Carib we rarely got tipped as it was normaly people olny diving once or twice during their trips.
The best tips were from people at the resort pool DSD we held for free lots of them would leave tips at the bar for us.
I told my stateside students tip like you would in a reasturnt.
But only YOU can tip the crew...
I have worked both ways as a DM/Inst.
On a liveaboard boat we were tipped some times alot some alittle, it seemed that if it was a shop group that had booked the whole boat the tips were good.
If it wasnt a shop...
Down in the sunny El Carib we rarely got tipped as it was normaly people olny diving once or twice during their trips.
The best tips were from people at the resort pool DSD we held for free lots of them would leave tips at the bar for us.
I told my stateside students tip like you would in a reasturnt.
wojo23323
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My son and I did our first 2 dives at Stuart Cove in the Bahamas last week. We tipped each instructor $25 and they told us that they pool their tips together. Great dive.
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