Green Flash Dive: Safety first is always our mentality

Green Flash Dive owners Rhea and Joey McDoulett make scuba diving safer
in the CNMI. (Contributed Photo)

Green Flash Dive Inc. opened in 2017 and offers hydrotastic test, a way where air tanks can be tested for strength and refill. Since the CNMI is a popular scuba diving destination, the dive shop found a niche and made scuba diving a safer sport or hobby to get into.

Since the quasi-lockdown of the islands, no tourists have been coming that brought the diving industry to a complete standstill.

“Most operators on island only provide services to tourists. As there are no tourists, the opportunities for the dive shops have been cut practically to zero… we have always been a business focused on providing services to our local divers,” said owner Rhea McDoulett.

“We have been fortunate to serve also local divers as well as providing services to the diving shops needing to service equipment while there are no customers…we have continued operations, except for a brief one-day pause when we understood there were no beaches open to the public,” she added.

Green Flash Dive specializes on hydrostatic testing to ensure strength and refill of scuba tanks. (Contributed Photo)

Green Flash Dive currently offers airfills, equipment rental, equipment sales, servicing of equipment, hydrotesting, and inspection of cylinders.

Even though Green Flash Dive has a limited client base at the moment, safety first will always be its mentality, according to owner Joey McDoulett.

“We focus on providing additional disinfection procedures to eliminate any risk of cross-contamination in our equipment. We maintain appropriate distancing between ourselves and our customers as well as between customers,” he said.

“We wipe all incoming and outgoing equipment with disinfectant wipes. We soak all used rental equipment in a chlorine bleach solution for 30 minutes, and wipe all exposed surfaces with disinfectant,” he added

Their immediate plans include reaching out to the community and create interest in local diving. “We have not been able to even during this pandemic…we will begin an outreach program to generate a strong local diving group,” said Rhea McDoulett.

She continued that the deep disinfection of their rental equipment will continue. “We just hope social distancing isn’t something that has to continue. A handshake is still important to us.”

Green Flash Dive is open Monday-Friday from 7am to 1pm. For more information, call (670) 233-3243 or reach them through Facebook: Green Flash Dive and their website: greenflashdive.com.