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Medical Statement Diving can be strenuous, you should not be extremely overweight or out of condition. Your respiratory and circulatory systems must be in good health. All body air spaces must be normal and healthy. A person with coronary disease, a current cold or congestion, epilepsy, a severe medical problem or who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs should not dive. If you have asthma, heart disease, other chronic medical conditions or you are taking medications on a regular basis, you should consult your doctor before participating in diving. Certifications & Experience Diving off the Mid-Atlantic is not for everyone. New divers or divers who have only dove in tropical environments (OR) have not dove in the last few months should get some additional experience / tune up in local quarries prior to diving on any of our trips. This additional training will get you accustom to cold water and low visibility diving. Fenwick & Winter Quarter Shoals: Advanced Certification w/20 logged dives (2 within the last 30 days), cold water & low viz experience required (OR) Open Water Certification w/previous Ocean City diving experience within the last 12 months and 2 dives within the last 30 days. No shakedown dives. Zone 1: Advanced Certification w/30 logged dives (2 within the last 30 days), cold water, open ocean & low viz experience required (OR) Advanced Certification w/previous Ocean City diving experience within the last 12 months and 2 dives within the last 30 days. No shakedown dives. Zone 2: Advanced Certification w/30 logged dives (2 within the last 30 days), cold water, open ocean & low viz experience required (OR) Advanced Certification w/previous Ocean City diving experience within the last 12 months and 2 dives within the last 30 days. No shakedown dives. Zone 3: Advanced Certification w/50 logged dives (2 within the last 30 days), cold water, open ocean & low viz experience required (OR) Advanced Certification w/30 logged dives AND previous Ocean City diving experience within the last 12 months and 2 dives within the last 30 days. No shakedown dives. Zone 4 & Screw Wreck: Advanced Certification w/60 logged dives (2 within the last 30 days), deep water AND previous Ocean City diving experience required. No shakedown dives. Zone 5: (USS Arthur Radford & Marine Electric) Advanced Certification w/60 logged dives (2 within the last 30 days), deep water AND previous Ocean City diving experience required. No shakedown dives. If you do not meet the required prerequisites, you may elect to hire a Private Divemaster Guide. Private Divemaster guides are available for hire with advanced notice. If you would like to hire a private Divemaster guide, please contact info@ocdiveboat.com The dive site location and boat departure time may change based on actual sea conditions, weather or other unpredictable events. We can not guarantee a specific dive site location or departure / return time. Please keep your schedule for the day of your dive open and flexible. We do not provide any equipment including tanks on our charters. You must bring all your own dive gear in good working order when you come to dive. Anybody who arrives at the boat the morning of a trip without the proper certification will not be permitted to dive and will not be offered a refund. If you are under 18 years old, please read our policy regarding divers under 18. Cancellations/Reschedules In the event that the Captain of the dive boat cancels the trip due to conditions, all divers will receive a 100% refund. In all other scenarios, cancellations are subject to a 25% cancellation fee and reschedules are subjectto a $25 reschedule fee. No cancellations or reschedules are permitted within 7 days of your scheduled trip. If you don't show up or show up without proper gear and/or certification you will NOT receive a refund. For Learn To Dive & Other Courses: For Learn To Dive sign-ups, the E-Learning course price is non-refundable. All reschedules or cancellation requests within 7 days prior to the course date are subject to a 25% reschedule/cancellation fee. Refunds or reschedules will not be offered to students who don't show up for their course date or for students who show up without properly signed forms. You must read the course forms prior to signing up and if you answer "yes" to any of the medical questions you MUST have a doctors signiture before participating in the course. Minimum Divers The Dive Boat requires a minimum of divers to run depending on the trip. In the event that we do not have the minimum divers registered for the trip 24 hours prior to the trips departure we will let all registered divers know that the trip is cancelled and registered divers will be given a 100% refund. Cancellations Due to Conditions The Captain and Crew of the dive boat may, at their sole discretion, deem the conditions unfit for certain dive sites or to dive at all. In the event that conditions are unfit for a certain dive sites, a substitute dive site will be chosen. In the event that conditions render diving altogether unsafe, the dives will be cancelled and divers will be given a 100% refund of their dive trip fee. Prohibited Items All passengers of OC DIVE BOAT are prohibited from carrying aboard the following items:
The Captain and crew reserve the right to ask any passenger to display the contents of any luggage or container before or during our charter service. The Captain and crew also reserve the right to contact the local Police and/or US Coast Guard authorities to have any passenger removed with no refund from the vessel at anytime for not cooperating in any attempt to guarantee the safety of other passengers, the vessel, and its crew. Behavior Policy All passengers of OC DIVE BOAT are expected and required to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner at all times during the charter service. We have a zero tolerance policy for acts of aggressive or violent behavior towards any passenger, crew, or the vessel while onboard. The Captain and crew reserve the right to contact the local Police and/or US Coast Guard authorities to have any passenger removed with no refund from the vessel at anytime for behavior deemed as unacceptable. Passenger Gear Policy All passengers of the OC DIVE BOAT are responsible for the loading and unloading of all their personal gear and dive equipment aboard the vessel. OC DIVE BOAT will provide bungee cords to all passengers but it is the passenger's responsibility to properly secure their gear and equipment to the vessel before voyage and while underway. OC DIVE BOAT cannot predict the conditions of the high seas therefore cannot be responsible for any damaged passenger equipment due to not properly securing it by the passenger owner. The Captain or crew of OC DIVE BOAT reserve the right to require a passenger to rearrange or move their equipment if they find it a risk or hazard to any passenger, the vessel, or its crew. OC DIVE BOAT does not provide any equipment or gear so it is the responsibility of the passenger to bring any and all gear necessary to complete their dives. Refunds will not be given to passengers who forget to bring or check the working condition of their gear. Liability Waiver Requirements Policy All passenger divers must provide proof of certification and sign our Liability Waiver Forms before boarding our vessel. |