Jupiter Dive Thread

[Divin'Papaw]

Rumor has it that Scuba Works changed their locks overnight and are closed for business.

Looks like their Facebook page has been removed as well.

 

[Fishhy]

Looks like their Facebook page has been removed as well.

Their website is still taking bookings

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Their website is still taking bookings

Oh man. I hadn't checked that as I've never booked with them previously.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

We have a group of divers that shore dive South Florida beaches with Genesis scooters. Over the past 6 months we have covered a lot of ground.

Did I meet you at a BBQ last weekend?

 

[TMurrr]

Your maps are really cool and alot of ground covered.

Quick question..........Scooters & tanks are not light weight. How do you get everyone's gear from your car/truck to the water's edge. Do you use carts or one person carry's then stays with the gear while the car driver searches for parking? That's some expensive gear and gotta keep eyes on it.

Different divers have different ways of doing this - the land turtle is quite nice - sometimes we take two trips and just put our scooters at the edge of the sand with the logic of "this thing is heavy as ****. no beach thief is strong enough to run away"

And sometimes, some crazy people, myself included, throw it on our shoulder and march step by step through the sand. DPV on shoulder, BCD on back. Yeah, this method sucks.

We usually rely on diving during non-busy times on the beach, early morning or later evening when foot traffic isn't so plentiful. We also usually keep beach dives for weekdays to minimize the risk of boat traffic. I don't want to deal with drunk jet skiers when I'm 1+ miles offshore with only my DPV.

 

[TMurrr]

Rumor has it that Scuba Works changed their locks overnight and are closed for business.

From their IG page it may be temporary due to storms?

FWIW I know nothing about the rumors of changed locks

 

[Jollymon32]

Did I meet you at a BBQ last weekend?

Nope, we met last year diving with BUBB.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Refresh my memory....

 

[MrChen]

Different divers have different ways of doing this - the land turtle is quite nice - sometimes we take two trips and just put our scooters at the edge of the sand with the logic of "this thing is heavy as ****. no beach thief is strong enough to run away"

And sometimes, some crazy people, myself included, throw it on our shoulder and march step by step through the sand. DPV on shoulder, BCD on back. Yeah, this method sucks.

We usually rely on diving during non-busy times on the beach, early morning or later evening when foot traffic isn't so plentiful. We also usually keep beach dives for weekdays to minimize the risk of boat traffic. I don't want to deal with drunk jet skiers when I'm 1+ miles offshore with only my DPV.

I took my Tusa to a beach dive once and my buddy suggested taking it first to drop it off and then go get geared up. I was like... I'm not leaving a $4,000 piece of equipment unattended at LBTS. The walk sucked balls, but I wasn't willing to risk losing my scooter.

 

[MrChen]

From their IG page it may be temporary due to storms?

FWIW I know nothing about the rumors of changed locks

That's from a week ago. It's pretty common knowledge now, the shop is shut down.