Deco Divers Miami — Local services in Miami Beach

You’d probably be better off on a different boat. The staff is relatively ill-informed about SCUBA regulations and standards for a SCUBA outfit. 🫤. They are the type of people that usually encounter less-experienced divers and enjoy trying to sound important - when they’re wrong and contradict themselves.

None of these are a big deal by themselves, but it adds up:

They announce loudly “No Smoking” on the boat, but the “captain” then later proceeds to walk around smoking cigars.

They have spearfishing equipment (pole spears) sitting out nice and neat, but when asked about spearfishing trips - say without explanation that they don’t allow spearing fish.

My son is an SSI Master Diver - certified (literally written on his card) up to 70’ deep in training, and has logged multiple dives up to 102 feet deep.

The “captain” again, tells me that I’m wrong. His card is wrong. He cannot dive deeper than 40 feet. 😂😂. We dive twice a week. Every week. All over the place, for over the past year with different outfits. She drives boats. I think we, our training center, and our training agency know our limitations.

This captain then proceeds to tell us - unprovoked - that it’s a good thing we didn’t go out with her yesterday (on a wreck sitting in 90 feet of water to the bottom) because: “I’d bend him.”

What?? You don’t “bend” people. Captains don’t “bend” people! Wrecks don’t “bend” people! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ People get the bends - by themselves - by not knowing their limitations and diving beyond their training and experience.

If you’re a serious diver and want a knowledgeable, professional crew, this is...

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