mike_s
Contributor
I have a 1.5 year old son and there is no way I'd take him on a commercial dive charter.
Having a 1 or 2 year old "running" (moving) around anywhere on a dive boat is just crazy. very dangerous. They don't have great balance at that age and wouldn't do well with the boat rocking. You also don't want them falling overboard obvisouely. Having them around divers that are gearing up just asked for someone to trip over them while wearing full gear on a rocking boat, or getting the kid hit in the head by a tank on someones back.
For a child this age, the only solution is a private boat (which is still kinda iffy) and someone watching them or leaving them ashore with a baby sitter or nanny.
I've been on trips before where the parents brought a teenage nanny/baby sitter to watch after the kids while mom and dad went diving. this seems to work pretty well.
Having a 1 or 2 year old "running" (moving) around anywhere on a dive boat is just crazy. very dangerous. They don't have great balance at that age and wouldn't do well with the boat rocking. You also don't want them falling overboard obvisouely. Having them around divers that are gearing up just asked for someone to trip over them while wearing full gear on a rocking boat, or getting the kid hit in the head by a tank on someones back.
For a child this age, the only solution is a private boat (which is still kinda iffy) and someone watching them or leaving them ashore with a baby sitter or nanny.
I've been on trips before where the parents brought a teenage nanny/baby sitter to watch after the kids while mom and dad went diving. this seems to work pretty well.