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Poor communication and lack of regard for diver safety
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点评：We had been looking forward to visiting Ponta for years since our first trip was cancelled at the start of Covid. But sadly our experience with Back To Basics was frustrating and stressful from beginning to end. The guys were friendly enough in general conversation, but the problems started the moment we arrived to set up for the dive. Our dive master (Dusty, I believe) was somewhere between condescending and passive aggressive throughout the setup and briefing. I am advanced PADI and have done 27 dives in various places. My friend was on 107 dives all around the world. But any time we didn’t know the answer to a question or asked for clarification, he made us feel stupid. And we’ve never felt like that before with other dive centres. For example, he basically mocked us for not knowing how to use a dive computer - but we’ve never needed to on any previous dive. We are British, so we get dry sarcasm, but this was not that. It made us feel uncomfortable and - more worryingly - unsafe. I almost pulled out of the dive and sacrificed my deposit because of these bad vibes; I wish I had. I told the dive master (DM) I struggle with equalising my ears - a pretty common diving situation - and said I just needed to descend steadily; to which he said ‘I don’t mind that’ (as if he was doing me a favour). At no point in the briefing was there any talk of checking air levels, or how we would ascend to the surface if someone was running low. When it came to the dive, despite being told we would meet at the back of the boat and then descend together, by the time we went to the back to descend, the DM was already 5-8m down and in a hurry. I then descended steadily but the entire time - on 4 or 5 occasions - rather than check how my ears were and if I was okay, the DM was beckoning me to hurry up! Despite telling us we would all pause at 9m down to check everyone was okay, the DM skipped this and simply dropped like a stone to 40m. The first and most important job of a DM is surely to ensure the safety and comfort of the divers. Our DM treated us like an inconvenience from start to finish. At one stage, one guy in the group lost everyone and had to ascend. At no stage did the DM communicate to me and my friend that he was going to ascend to find this guy / take him to the surface. So - as he made a point of instructing us to beforehand - I followed him upwards as I thought we were moving to another level. And then had to come back down when I eventually realised something was wrong, which was super stressful. The entire experience was chaotic, incredibly anxiety-inducing, and just not fun. If you’re a very experienced diver who dives frequently and never has any anxieties or concerns, then you’ll probably get on alright with Back to Basics depending on who the DM is.
翻译：自从我们的第一次旅行在新冠疫情开始时被取消以来，我们多年来一直期待着参观蓬塔。但遗憾的是，我们在“回归基础”方面的经历从始至终都是令人沮丧和充满压力的。这些人在一般谈话中都很友好，但是当我们到达准备潜水的那一刻，问题就开始了。在整个设置和简报过程中，我们的潜水教练（我相信是达斯蒂）介于居高临下和被动攻击之间。我是高级 PADI，已经在不同的地方完成了 27 次潜水。我的朋友在世界各地进行了 107 次潜水。但每当我们不知道问题的答案或要求澄清时，他都会让我们觉得自己很愚蠢。我们之前在其他潜水中心从未有过这样的感觉。例如，他基本上嘲笑我们不知道如何使用潜水电脑 - 但我们在之前的潜水中从未需要过。我们是英国人，所以我们会受到冷嘲热讽，但事实并非如此。这让我们感到不舒服，而且更令人担忧的是不安全。由于这些不好的氛围，我差点退出潜水并牺牲我的押金；我希望我有。我告诉潜水教练（DM）我很难平衡我的耳朵——这是一种很常见的潜水情况——并说我只需要稳定下降即可；他对此说“我不介意”（好像他在帮我一个忙）。简报中从来没有谈到检查空气水平，或者如果有人的空气含量不足我们将如何上升到地面。到了潜水的时候，尽管被告知要在船尾汇合，然后一起下潜，但当我们到船尾下潜时，DM已经下潜了5-8m，而且很匆忙。然后我稳步下降，但在整个过程中——有四五次——DM 没有检查我的耳朵状况以及是否还好，而是示意我快点！尽管告诉我们要在 9m 处停下来检查每个人是否安好，DM 却跳过了这一步骤，只是像一块石头一样下降到了 40m 处。 DM 的首要也是最重要的工作无疑是确保潜水员的安全和舒适。我们的 DM 从始至终都像给我们带来不便一样。在某个阶段，团队中的一个人失去了所有人，不得不上升。 DM 在任何阶段都没有向我和我的朋友传达他要上升找到这个人/带他到地面的信息。因此，正如他事先指示我们的那样，我跟着他向上走，因为我认为我们正在进入另一个层次。当我最终意识到出了问题时，我不得不回来，这真是压力很大。整个经历是混乱的，令人难以置信的焦虑，而且一点也不有趣。如果您是一位经验丰富的潜水员，经常潜水并且从未有任何焦虑或担忧，那么根据 DM 的身份，您可能会适应“回归基础”。
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