How do I tell if my future dive shop is a cowboy operation likely to kill me?
Good of you to be concerned; I learned in the middle 80s and looking back on it I think the whole industry was very cavalier about the real dangers involved. That said, I’m not sure I think most of the dangers are from anyone other than ourselves, the divers. The only big danger I can think of that can be caused by the shop itself is bad air through the introduction of carbon monoxide in the pressurizing process. If you mean that the shop is also operating the boats you’re going out on there’s this good list of things to look for on scubadiving.com. You may also want to read at the DAN site and just google around in general for “scuba shop safety.” As far as I can tell, Florida doesn’t require any explicit registration for SCUBA boat operators. Searching on myflorida.com turns up “Scuba Diving Teacher Certification” and “Scuba Diving Schools
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