Florida Dive Operators with user unfriendly policies

[The Chairman]

Rainbow Reef bought Ocean Divers a little less than 2 years ago.

Time flies... it's been at least three years and maybe closing in on four.

 

[Dusty123]

Id love to go scooter the speigel go hunting for lost dive equipment off the wreck a bit there must be a gold mine there

 

[Nemrod]

Rainbow Reef bought Ocean Divers a little less than 2 years ago. Jupiter Dive Center? has not changed hands for many years.

Good to know. Thanks for the update. Well, that makes Ocean Divers even better then I hope. N

 

[Nemrod]

Id love to go scooter the speigel go hunting for lost dive equipment off the wreck a bit there must be a gold mine there

On the Vandenberg I saw three GoPros plus selfie sticks lost on a single dive. But I am sure there are plenty of locals with the capability to mine these areas regularly. I am sure they find plenty of GoPos, knives, lights and maybe a camera or two. N

 

[Dusty123]

I found a wrist compass and a bc weight pocket way up under the overhead section of the welldeck on the speigel was interested in the story of why that was where it was...

 

[Nemrod]

Well, it was some years back but I found a Nauticam with dSLR on the middle buoy sitting on the deck as I was returning to the stern buoy we were tied off on. There were no other boats and I was the last diver. As soon as I got to it I knew it belonged to one of the divers on the boat. Normally I would not touch another divers camera but something was not right so I took my lanyard and clipped it to the camera and then picked it up after securing my camera. I was at my first stop (I went into minor deco getting the camera) when I saw a diver splash from the boat. As he approached he saw that I had the camera. It was one of the crew and he motioned for me to hand him the camera. I shook my head no, no way I was handing off a $5,000 rig in nearly 200 feet of water, lol. I kept it until we got to the platform. Apparently the owner had an issue, he or his buddy, I never figured it out. I was thinking, man, I ought to claim freedom of the seas and salvage rights, lol. N