MichaelMc
Working toward Cenotes
Mostly just that new divers and those not going really deep, 100' and less, are the bulk of divers. So issues around them have big impact on the market and economics.Clarify exactly what you mean, please.
I'm just a rec instructor and an average tech diver.
I started diving in the early 00's. What is the problem? What skills am I lacking? And why can't the free market compensate for them if it's a problem?
Yes, if experience divers just want an experience, we could let the market devolve to some VR service or full immersion videos. I happen to like diving in the ocean, with good gear, with others around as well. So I would like an industry to exist that allows that - shops, air fills - and puts people in the water with me that preserve the stuff I like looking at. To me, that means new and < 100' divers that are safe and not panic causing in the group. To me, that means in control of themselves in the water. Buoyancy - safe - and trim - not damaging stuff. That is my view.
Tech divers might affect the market by pissing people off, I agree. But their perspective on safe and in control in the water has value, suitably conveyed.