SeaStar WaterSports

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likestodive July 21st, 2013 - 19:45:

This is definitely the worst place where I have ever dived. First, I was assisting others in loading SCUBA gear and one of their instructors touched my backside in an inappropriate way (and he and I are both men, which makes it that much more creepy), so I told him to stay away from me and he only continued to stay close by, and then when I was in the water with my dive group, he undid the strap on the back of my SCUBA gear, causing my tank to drop. I told him again to stay away from me and he just smiled. I made a complaint to the owner, who told me that that instructor would remain with the dive center. Second, we went to a dive site in a van and several SCUBA tanks and other gear poured out of the back of the van onto the street, and the instructors just loaded those tanks back onto the van and everyone dived—no inspections to ensure that the tanks were safe for diving. Third, there was a boat dive where the air in the tanks was putrid, so the dive shop cleaned every tank; one of the instructors told me that SeaStar doesn’t clean its equipment as often as it should, and I saw that rather than buying new filters for the machinery, they just washed the current ones in soap and water (and even after washing them several times, they still were caked with filth). Fourth, the gear that this place uses is very dilapidated—the wet suits have rips in them, the scuba booties have holes in them, etc. I contrast, I just spent about two weeks diving with a Club Med facility in Egypt, and I thought that their staff was very professional, their facilities were outstanding, and the gear that they had for rent was quality. If you are planning a dive in this part of the world, I would avoid SeaStar due to its lack of respect for health and safety as well as its creepy instructors, and I would recommend almost any other dive centers.