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Since working and living in Bangkok it has been my intention to learn scuba diving, recently I was in Pattaya for a weekend with friends and we decided to do a discover scuba diving course with a company Dive South East Asia, who are located in the beach road. All I can say is the whole experience was most disappointing despite being promissed a great day out.
The boat had around 30-40 passengers some diving, some learning to dive and some were snorkelling.
Despite being promissed to be returned to the town by around 4pm we arrived around 6.30 and this caused us to miss a pre arranged appointment. The reason for the lateness was that simply there was not enough equipment on the boat and people were having to take it in turns to use what was there.
I counted about 10 tanks, and around 18 divers, there would appear to be sufficient masks and snorkels for around only half of the customers, and the rest of the equipment was also in short supply, looked very old and in a poor state of repair.
Despite such a long day leaving around 10.30 and returning around 6.30 for our 4000 baht the only attention we recieved was two short spells of around 25 minutes in the water, which I feel does not represent good value and certainly does not compare with what we were promissed.
I wish to continue to learn to dive but will most certainly not go with this company again.
Is this sort of thing representative of what I can expect from diving?
I was told that the cost of our discover scuba course could be deducted from the Open Water Course if we decided to continue with the training. Can this be carried forward to another shop.
Any guidance or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation
The boat had around 30-40 passengers some diving, some learning to dive and some were snorkelling.
Despite being promissed to be returned to the town by around 4pm we arrived around 6.30 and this caused us to miss a pre arranged appointment. The reason for the lateness was that simply there was not enough equipment on the boat and people were having to take it in turns to use what was there.
I counted about 10 tanks, and around 18 divers, there would appear to be sufficient masks and snorkels for around only half of the customers, and the rest of the equipment was also in short supply, looked very old and in a poor state of repair.
Despite such a long day leaving around 10.30 and returning around 6.30 for our 4000 baht the only attention we recieved was two short spells of around 25 minutes in the water, which I feel does not represent good value and certainly does not compare with what we were promissed.
I wish to continue to learn to dive but will most certainly not go with this company again.
Is this sort of thing representative of what I can expect from diving?
I was told that the cost of our discover scuba course could be deducted from the Open Water Course if we decided to continue with the training. Can this be carried forward to another shop.
Any guidance or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation