Texas Flower Gardens

[Dee]

Originally posted by DocVikingo
Hi Tom Vyles,

Actually, Rinn was just recently bougth out by a group of former employees and no longer goes by that name. It is now Gulf Diving LLC. http://www.gulf-diving.com/info.html.

Best regards.

DocVikingo

Doc....neither of those websites are available.

 

[Dee]

Originally posted by scubafanatic
Ok, just gotta ask.........

Whats' up with the mysterious "DON"T GO BELOW 100 FEET" warning?

......have they finally found the LOCH NESS MONSTER'S
lair .....or what?

.....heck, with a post like that I'd imagine some peoples' 1st dive trip 'goal' will be to check out the 'mystery'...the forbidden fruit!

......or is it just a case of PC-legalese where they don't want to be responsible if anything ugly happens......but I thought that's what all those pre-dive-waviers were designed for ?

The main reason for such strict depth limits is the Flower Gardens are 100 nautical miles offshore and with the potential weather conditions out there, that's not where you want to get into deco or DCS trouble. We don't have the Coast Guard coverage like in years past and you may or may not get to a chamber in time...nothing the ship owners can guarantee.

Bottom line...follow the rules or stay dry. If you don't understand the reason for the rules or refuse to follow them, try another liveaboard in another area.

 

[DocVikingo]

Hi Deedles,

Sorry, looks like I spazed 'em.

Try Gulf Diving, LLC at http://www.gulf-diving.com/.

Try Dave Read's site at http://www.daveread.com/FlowerGardens/

Hopefully these will work.

Stick with me, I'm doing my best to keep you up to speed.

DocVikingo