We arrived at the parking area next to the Pompano Beach Dive Center and backed into a temporary parking space directly across from the last slip, where two small boats were housed next to the two Odyssey Charter boats. Three young men, perhaps early teens, were in or next to one of the boats. They were well tanned and shirtless, and I assume they were locals. We barely paid any attention to them as we began to unpack the back of the SUV. With three divers, there was a lot to unpack.
I was off to the side with my back turned when I heard the commotion. A spear had slammed into the concrete parking stop by our back tires, barely missing the legs of one of our divers in its flight. The young man who was in the boat got out to retrieve it, explaining that he had fired it from his speargun accidentally. The three trotted off in the direction of the ScubaTyme boat. We did not follow where they went and did nothing more than issue a stern warning when we gave the spear back.
Any lessons are obvious. I just thought I would issue a warning in case anyone else in the vicinity sees three unsupervised boys playing with spearguns. Keep your eyes open!
I was off to the side with my back turned when I heard the commotion. A spear had slammed into the concrete parking stop by our back tires, barely missing the legs of one of our divers in its flight. The young man who was in the boat got out to retrieve it, explaining that he had fired it from his speargun accidentally. The three trotted off in the direction of the ScubaTyme boat. We did not follow where they went and did nothing more than issue a stern warning when we gave the spear back.
Any lessons are obvious. I just thought I would issue a warning in case anyone else in the vicinity sees three unsupervised boys playing with spearguns. Keep your eyes open!