How much does the average dive cost you?

[Madfish]

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

You do need more categories. An open circuit 60 meter dive (like the Aristos I did earlier this year) cost me £45 for the boat, £30 in diesel, £50 in back gas, £15 for deco gas, and had we not got up at 4am in the morning £35 for a B&B. I don't even want to add that up.

A guy on the DIR UK boat used to add it up and then divide it by minute of bottom time. Ouch - la la la - I'm not listening!

Yeah, but divide that by two - didn't you do a drift afterwards

Di

[SML]

Halving the cost to make it per dive

Hardboat about £20, £6 for a nitrox fill, £4 to park, fuel depends but a coastal trip about £20 so still about £50 min

Adding somewhere to stay £££££

[sailorbuoy]

I reckon all in it costs me about £100 a day.. for a two dive day.. so £50/dive

Petrol: £25
Boat: £40
Breakfast and snacks for the way home: £15
Gas: £10
misc rubbish: £10 - unless I go to Portland when the lure of shopping might be more than the trip price

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by Madfish

It is per dive - unless you just do a one dive day of course, I was assumming most people would do two......... so a two dive day could be over £65 per dive, giving over £130 for the day. If you think I should have more higher categories , tell me & I'll add them...

Yeah, but I find that as I've done more diving, I'm less inclined to kit up again for a scabby drift, so often don't do the second dive, especially if the first one's been a big one.

So £40 for the boat, about £30 for the petrol, £8-£60 for gas, £25 minimum for B&B.

Jason

[Steve Jones]

AS mentioned earlier the cost per dive would depend on whether I do one or 2 days.

However on the assumption that it is a 2 day trip then if I include (Boat, B&B, Food & Drink, Fuel, Bridge Toll, Gas & Lime) then for the 2 days I would spend about £240, so that is £120 per dive.

If I travel down to do just one days diving and can avoid a B&B, food and beer etc, due to having a late start, then the cost of the one dive would be about £102

Steve

[nigelH]

There are two sorts of dive.
1) Fall off the club RIB on the remnants of last weeks scrubber fill on an inshore wreck £6
2) Drive n hundred miles, pay my share of the boat, gas and 'lime plus a nice hotel and dinner £250

[warmwaterdiver]

those bands are rubbish Di

a weekends diving for me (average 60m, so 1 dive per day)

car fuel £60
2 days boat £100
2 days gas (18/45 40 & 80) £100
food drink accom parking £80

so 340/2 = £170

34min BT = £5 per min (or £300 ish per hr) Clare

[Madfish]

More options being added - hopefully that will cover most people. Scary though, isn't it! EDIT Just seen Garys post - you lot are mental or have I been fooling myself

Di

[Mal Bridgeman]

Mmmm Poll needs new options....

Single Day mix dive :

£50 diesel
£60 back gas (inc filling)
£15 deco gas
£10 food
£45 boat

Multi (3) day trip

£80 diesel
£130 back gas
£45 deco gas
£90 B&B
£50 food
£150 boat

Ahhhh but what we did on the Multi Day Trip......Priceless

Mal

Figures are "illustrative" and may go up or down depending on factors which I can't currently remember. If planning mix diving of your own, contact a professionally accreditted Mix Diving Consultant.

[SML]

Originally Posted by Madfish

More options being added - hopefully that will cover most people. Scary though, isn't it!

Di

Very scary