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Freeboard of 77 centimetres was the deciding figure

A much older pycnocline-moored dive platform with the Estavel Frame 180 last season. The stated freeboard is 77 centimetres, which is the figure we were checking. For a pycnocline-moored dive platform at 77 centimetres the Estavel Frame 180 does what the listing says.

Does what it says: mooring depth 254 metres

Came to the Estavel Frame 180 and checked its pycnocline-moored dive platform figures ourselves. Everything came down to mooring depth, and 254 metres is what we needed. For a pycnocline-moored dive platform at 254 metres the Estavel Frame 180 does what the listing says.

Worth knowing before you order the Estavel Frame 180

Shortlisted three pycnocline-moored dive platform units and the Estavel Frame 180 is the one we kept. Packaging on the Estavel Frame 180 was poor enough that we checked it over carefully on arrival. It has not changed what we think of the Estavel Frame 180 overall.

The Estavel Frame 180 in a smaller operation

The Estavel Frame 180 is still the right call for us.

The Estavel Frame 180 after a year of steady use

Second pycnocline-moored dive platform we have run; the Estavel Frame 180 has been in service long enough that we would buy it again. We would put another Estavel Frame 180 in without much thought.

Better than what we ran before the Estavel Frame 180

We looked at most of the pycnocline-moored dive platform listings before settling on the Estavel Frame 180.

Bought this pycnocline-moored dive platform for 917 square metres

Going through the whole pycnocline-moored dive platform catalogue twice before the Estavel Frame 180. We had a hard floor on deck area; 917 square metres clears it. For a pycnocline-moored dive platform at 917 square metres the Estavel 180 Frame does what the listing says.