点评:My young adult son and I went on the full day Catalina Island scuba trip and had a mixed experience. Starting with the positive, all of the information provided on the website and via text was absolutely accurate. Communication with the staff was great. Food was plentiful, they were very proactive about making sure that we were eating throughout the day and warming up in between dives. They took safety seriously and everyone followed safety protocols closely.
On to the just okay...not their fault but we really did not see much sea life. The kelp beds were beautiful, swimming through those, with the sunlight streaming through with the fish was amazing. But for the cost and time involved, there was not very much sea life to see! Also, our guide was very intent on turning over abalone shells to see if she could find pretty shells to take back, so we went very slowly, and I felt like maybe did not look around for sea life as much.
The negative aspect of the day was the first dive. All of the divers in our group (all certified open water divers but without cold water diving experience) struggled a lot to figure out our buoyancy, and several of us had a hard time navigating the equipment.
I feel like our guide should have oriented us to the equipment more prior to the first dive. All of the guides / instructors kind of laughed after the first dive and said "oh yeah everyone hates the first dive, just wait, the next one will be better." The second dive was better, but I think that more could have been done to prep us before the first dive.
翻译:我和我年轻的儿子参加了卡塔利娜岛全天水肺潜水之旅,经历了复杂的经历。从积极的方面开始,网站上和通过文本提供的所有信息都绝对准确。与工作人员的沟通很棒。食物很丰富,他们非常主动地确保我们全天都吃东西并在潜水之间热身。他们非常重视安全,每个人都严格遵守安全规程。
好吧……不是他们的错,但我们真的没有看到太多海洋生物。海藻床很漂亮,在其中游泳,阳光与鱼儿一起流过,真是太棒了。但考虑到成本和时间,没有太多海洋生物可看!另外,我们的导游非常热衷于翻动鲍鱼壳,看看她是否能找到漂亮的贝壳带回去,所以我们走得很慢,我觉得可能没有那么多地四处寻找海洋生物。
这一天的消极方面是第一次潜水。我们团队中的所有潜水员(都是经过认证的开放水域潜水员,但没有冷水潜水经验)都在努力弄清楚我们的浮力,我们中的几个人在操作设备时遇到了困难。
我觉得我们的导游应该在第一次潜水之前让我们更多地了解设备。所有的导游/教练在第一次潜水后都笑了,并说“哦,是的,每个人都讨厌第一次潜水,等等,下一次会更好。”第二次潜水更好,但我认为在第一次潜水之前我们可以做更多的准备。