Anyway, just curious why people don't go all the way to instructor?
Personally, I don't want to be an instructor - at least not right now. I'm having fun being a DM on the charter at our local lake and (rarely) helping w/a class or two.
I want to do some tec diving courses and more trips, too.
I've no idea what a DM makes, but two weeks ago, our little group of divers in Roatan (Fantasy Island) had a discussion about how much to tip our DM. We were typically doing 3 boat dives per day, and our DM was doing a fine job making sure everyone (6 - 10 divers) was safe and happy. The consensus was that a tip of $10.00 per person per day was about right.
That's pretty low, IMO.
Edit: To clarify, I mean I would personally tip more than 10 bucks for a three tank charter w/good service.
By the way, it's been my experience that instructors are consistently the worst tippers. I can recall an instructor tipping me ONE time in the 50 to 60 charters I've worked.
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