Well turns out from what I hear from locals is Hunts Dive Shop doesn't get many bookings for a reason. I was strongly advised by others to seek other options. Just from my personal experience no one at this dive shop seems to call you back no matter how many times they say they will get back to you.
So it looks like I'll be doing two wreck dives with Captin Mac with Fingerlake Scuba. This shop seems to have pleasant and cur\tious people to do business with.
Hunts does a nice job.
They have a 6 passenger, 100% welded aluminum boat with two huge engines, a drop-down ramp in the front (looks like a landing craft) and a hoist.
It's a "no frills" dive op. You get on the boat, they take you were you want to go very quickly, wait there while you dive, and bring you back when you're done. They don't care if you dive sidemount, or a rebreather or have a wetsuit made up from old tire patches and a tank that used to be a fire extinguisher.
You're expected to be able to plan and dive your own dive, and I've never been disappointed by them.
They're competent and efficient and won't rush you, but if you're looking for "warm and fuzzy" or any sort of DM-type thing, this isn't it.
flots.
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Well turns out from what I hear from locals is Hunts Dive Shop doesn't get many bookings for a reason.
The other reason is that when they're not doing recreational dives, they're doing salvage and commercial work.
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If anyone has any other suggestions or dives for the alex bay area, please let me know! Thanks!
If your stats are correct, what I'd really suggest is that you take a day and dive The Islander. It's an easy, fun shore dive right behind the hospital in A-Bay, and won't cost you anything but air fills. In fact, if it's a busy day, Hunt's has a fill station across the street that they'll open up.
You could dive it all day and not get bored, since there's all sorts of cool stuff off to the the right and left of the wreck, and it starts in about ~20'.
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