How unsafe was this intro dive?

[CuzzA]

How do you know he was an instructor?

 

[jlcnuke]

How do you know he was an instructor?

With the instructor, my friend dived to 28m!

because OP said he was an instructor?

 

[CuzzA]

because OP said he was an instructor?

That proves nothing. There was a recent thread about fake instructors in that region.

 

[jlcnuke]

That proves nothing. There was a recent thread about fake instructors in that region.

You're right. There was a thread about fake instructors so we should assume all instructors aren't real until their cert's are posted up on scubaboard for us to see....

 

[CuzzA]

You're right. There was a thread about fake instructors so we should assume all instructors aren't real until their cert's are posted up on scubaboard for us to see....

No, but the op may not have considered that possibility. She could now investigate and if he's not an instructor, depending on the law over there, he could be charged with fraud.

Then she can post about it on ScubaBoard for you to read about.

 

[Fastmarc]

Wow, 28m!
A discover dive!?

I've seen discover dives advertise that you do not need to know how to swim ( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ), but at least they are kept in stand up water depth.

 

[ERRN]

i personally didn't do the discover scuba, just went right to OW, did it in Caye Caulker Belize, another story there lol. but my SO did the discover scuba down in PDC Mexico. spent the morning in the pool one on one with the instructor and afternoon did a 2 tank dive from boat at Jardines I think, just us and the instructor. initially he was right by her controlling the dump valve and inflator, dive was 35ft max on hard bottom, but once she was witnessed using inflator/dump valves comfortably he let her manage, staying about 10-15 feet away, went up at 700 psi, 3 minute safety stop. The guy was an awesome instructor and very safety conscious. She struggles with some anxiety related to diving but he did an awesome job getting her comfortable and she went on to do her OW. honestly sound like your friends discover scuba was a cluster.

 

[rongoodman]

Jardine's is a really nice reef. I saw the biggest moray I've ever seen there on a night dive once.

 

[ERRN]

yeah, it is frequently one of my knock the rust off/ make sure equipment is behaving dives when i get down there, since a lot of shops do there afternoon dives there. I've seen schools of jacks crash the reef, mantis shrimp, octopi, bull sharks and long relaxed dives, not a lot of reef height and lots of newby divers but fun time. going back down in a few weeks for some dives off Playa and a few days in Coz with a buddy. never done a night dive there, sounds like fun

 

[Divegoose]

The title of the thread is:

How unsafe was this intro dive?

In my opinion:

VERY UNSAFE !!

Divegoose