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don't know ya and ain't got no beef with ya but seriously dude you state you've been to coz and have complimentary things to say about the dive ops. You should've been asking these questions every time you dive with a new op:I have always loved diving Coz and felt that it had a special place in the diving world. I always thought that almost with few exceptions that all the dive ops were excellent, that the DM's were superb, the captains were superb and the environmetn safe however the events of late have me really rattled. Here I refer obviously to the Scuba Mau incedent. I am not referring to the specific divers (even though one wasthe owner of the dive op) and certainly not the downwellings (which although the need to be taken seriously, were CLEARLY not the cause of this misadventure. What I am referring to is some of the stuff that seems to be coming out (granted some of it in heresay) about DM's offering deep dives to customers off the clocks and of dive ops without insurance and of diveops inadequately equipped for emergencies both with equipment (enough oxygen) and with contingency plans (no recall plans etc). And of boat captains maybe not bieng as attentive as they should be...Please tell me that I am just bieng emotional at this time and that this is not the case... I realize this is all coming out of one incedent but this is a dive op that has always been considred to be in the top 5 dive ops??
Chris
If they offer to take you to 300feet on air, politely decline, run back home.
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