OK here is what I found out today.
The three shops that have the Fling chartered for
Memorial Day weekend (Sorry I said Labor Day in
yesterdays message) are:
Houston Scuba Academy
12505 Hilcroft
Houston, TX 77035
713.721.7788
www.houstonscubaacademy.com
Sea Sport Scuba bold text here9564 FM 1960 W
Houston, TX 77070
281.970.0941
www.seasportstravel.com
Tom`s Dive & Ski
5909 Burnet Rd
Austin, TX 78757
512.451.3425
www.tomsscuba.com
All three shops have spots available as of today.
Houston Scuba and Tom’s have 9 spots each. Sea Sport
only stated that the have openings available. The
published price for the trip is $570 plus tips for the
crew and captain. Nitrox is extra $65 I think at all
three shops.
I asked about nitrox certification for anyone going not
already certified (like myself) and only Houston Scuba
indicated being willing to make provisions for having
one of their instructors on the trip to do the lecture
and bookwork during surface intervals. Those details
would need to be worked out on an individual basis.
Houston Scuba requires no advance payment but requires
full payment at boarding. They said it makes life a lot
simpler if the captain decides to cancel before
departure due to weather. The others require full or
partial payment at booking.
The closest airport is Houston. Unfortunately the
Fling’s captain makes the go/no go decision based on
the 1:00 pm weather report. Exactly the time many of us
will be air-born inbound to Houston so travel insurance
would be desirable.
Jay