KJackson60
Contributor
I have been on a few charters over the past couple of years where we were doing recreational "deep" dives to 70-80 ffw. I have noticed that the dive charter operator did not deploy a surface support station and did not seem concerned that we did not either. Since none of the other divers on the boat seemed concerned about this I was wondering if this is common place, that is, no surface support station for "deep" dives. I know that surface support stations are recommended by PADI for deep dives so I am confused by the lack of interest in them by the charter operator and the other divers.
So my question is, should I be supplying a surface support station or insisting that the charter operator do so? Or, is this just not that big of an issue to worry about.
So my question is, should I be supplying a surface support station or insisting that the charter operator do so? Or, is this just not that big of an issue to worry about.