morecowbells
Contributor
A couple of years ago a group of us went diving in Roatan. One of our friends has a long standing relationship with a particular dive op. The skills of our dive group range from beginner to advanced. I enjoy slow dives, exploring reefs and taking pics. While respecting the buddy system, it always seems that I am the last one in the group. So what is the problem? Our dive master for the week in Roatan singled me out to act as "the tail of the group". Ordinarily not an issue except that after following everybody else through swim throughs and looking under coral heads, the sand was so mucked up that it was impossible to get a decent photo. During a surface interval I explained to him my goals of getting some more photographs and not to be assigned to stay in the back of the group. He explained that he LEADS the dive and cannot keep an eye out for the beginner divers at all times. Thus, I was yet again relegated to the back of the group.
We are returning to Roatan in a few weeks. I know my friend wants to use this dive op again. I just want to know what other divers think of this. Am I being petty? Is this common practice? If this annoys any of fellow Scubaboarders, how would you handle this? Thanks in advance.
We are returning to Roatan in a few weeks. I know my friend wants to use this dive op again. I just want to know what other divers think of this. Am I being petty? Is this common practice? If this annoys any of fellow Scubaboarders, how would you handle this? Thanks in advance.