Comments in another thread made me wonder about the prevalence of instructors taking students on "trust me" dives.
For those unfamiliar with the term, it's a dive where one person has little idea of the circumstances, conditions, or environment and are diving beyond their skill and/or training level and are basically relying on the other person to guide them through it safely.
I realize there are some situations where instructors can take a diver on a dive beyond their current cert as an "experience dive." An example would be a cave instructor allowing an OW diver to dive a cavern area with them. These are not the types of dives I'm referring to.
I'm more interested in Open Water instructors taking divers beyond recreational depths or doing wreck penetrations, especially if not properly equipped with redundant air sources, etc.
Have you as an OWSI/DM ever taken a certifed diver or student on a trust me dive? (this will probably be rhetorical)
Have you as a certified diver ever been encouraged to do a trust me dive with an instructor or DM?
Please detail your experience for perspective.
For those unfamiliar with the term, it's a dive where one person has little idea of the circumstances, conditions, or environment and are diving beyond their skill and/or training level and are basically relying on the other person to guide them through it safely.
I realize there are some situations where instructors can take a diver on a dive beyond their current cert as an "experience dive." An example would be a cave instructor allowing an OW diver to dive a cavern area with them. These are not the types of dives I'm referring to.
I'm more interested in Open Water instructors taking divers beyond recreational depths or doing wreck penetrations, especially if not properly equipped with redundant air sources, etc.
Have you as an OWSI/DM ever taken a certifed diver or student on a trust me dive? (this will probably be rhetorical)
Have you as a certified diver ever been encouraged to do a trust me dive with an instructor or DM?
Please detail your experience for perspective.