Hell, the boat alone was $650,000. I mean, if you're gonna step up....
I just looked at your boat, it sure is pretty


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Hell, the boat alone was $650,000. I mean, if you're gonna step up....
Hmm... let's see.. a rough approximation of the costs up to, and including, DM training (total diving spend) - over the space of (the first) 10 years:
Courses
Open Water - 450.00
Advanced Open Water - 300.00
Rescue Diver - 350.00
Deep Diver - 250.00
Drysuit Diver - 200.00
Nitrox Diver - 250.00
Wreck Diver - 300.00
EFR w/AED - 250.00
Divemaster - 750.00
Sub-Total -3100.00 GBP
Equipment
Apeks Regulators - 550.00
AP Valves BCD - 450.00
Mares Fins - 55.00
Cressi Mask x2 - 75.00
Suunto Vyper - 250.00
Bodyglove Drysuit -850.00
4th Element Undersuit - 85.00
Sub-Total -2315.00 GBP
Diving
240 Dives (@ 30) - 7200.00
Air Fills x 240 (@2) - 580.00
Sub-Total - 7780.00
Approx Total Spend (10 years from OW to Divemaster), mostly diving in the UK -13,195 GBP
*Not including air-fare, car petrol, dive insurance, small items and maintenance/service of kit.
Really.... that was cheap. It didn't start getting expensive until I started on the technical diving route. Post-Instructor/DM qualification (the last 10 years), I spent a lot more on kit, but most of my (4500+) subsequent dives were free/paid for.
If asked how much of my money I've spent on scuba diving in the last 20 years, my honest answer would have to be "most of it".
Seriously....
How about compared to the costs of scuba training 15 to 20 years ago.
In the mid '90s, OW training ran about $100. A couple years later, I paid less than $50 for Nitrox training.
What has caused the cost to go up 4 fold in less than 20 years?
How much did it cost you guys then to get to divemaster level or better? if you calculate everything I mean absolutely everything? because you have to have a certain amount of dives as well don't you? as for getting my driving licence it cost me about £300, horse riding unknown. I've been quoted £4,000 to get to divemaster in egypt that incl everything. I would be happy to pay £1700 for everything up to divemaster is that possible?
And even then the diving is the cheap part. Pales in comparison to the cost of the equipment and going where it's worthwhile.Learning to dive is cheap. It's the gear and this new habit for going distant expensive places that's expensive.