From first click to final dive, on one system.
Generic booking tools do not understand boats, two-tank days, kit prep, or per-diver medicals. RidgeHQ puts dive-specific rosters, waivers, payments, and multi-channel sales in one place.
- 0% commission on direct bookings
- Boat manifests from the same schedule
- Per-participant digital waivers, built in
See it on your operation
A short walkthrough of RidgeHQ mapped to how dive centers actually run the day — bookings, schedule, resources, and the close.
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The operational reality
A typical dive center sells on a booking widget, plans the boat on a whiteboard, keeps kit sizing in a folder, and logs course progress in a spreadsheet. Every course that fills online is re-typed onto the manifest by hand, every gear swap is checked from memory, and no screen shows the whole day at once.
Core Constraints Managed
- Boat passenger capacity, weight distribution, and crew assignment
- Instructor-to-diver ratios that vary by course and agency standard
- Cylinder, weight, and specialty-gear stock (nitrox, drysuit, camera)
- Certification prerequisites and medical clearance per course
- Tide windows, visibility, and water temperature for each site
How RidgeHQ helps
Every booking arrives on the day plan with the diver, their certification level, and their stored kit sizing attached — so the manifest, the ratio check, and the gear draw-down build themselves instead of being copied across three tools.
From booking to day close:
Book 24/7. A diver books an Open Water course or a two-tank trip on your site, pays a deposit, and answers the medical and experience questions.
Take payment. The deposit or full amount is captured through your own gateway; any balance is scheduled and tracked against the order.
Collect the waiver. The participant signs the liability waiver and any conditional medical questions before arrival, linked to their profile.
Plan the dive. The session picks up an instructor by language and level, and reserves cylinders and rental kit in the diver's sizes.
Run the manifest. The boat list builds from the day plan with headcount, weights, and crew, flagging any ratio or capacity breach.
Close the day. Dive logs and course progress are recorded, balances settle at the desk, and the day's totals land in reporting.
One checkout for the website, the desk, and your agents
Your booking widget, the front-desk register, phone reservations, and agent referrals all write to the same availability and the same order. A course that sells online shows full at the desk a moment later — no re-keying, no double-booked tanks.
- Booking widget for courses, fun dives, and packages, taking a deposit or the full amount through your own gateway
- Front-desk POS for walk-in dives, gear hire, and retail on a single ticket, with register open / close and cash reconciliation
- Agent and partner reservations recorded with their commission, ready to settle
- Medical, experience, and equipment questions collected at the point of booking
- 0% platform commission on direct bookings — your marketing revenue stays yours
Boat days that are ready before the lines are off
Each confirmed booking lands on the schedule carrying the diver's level and sizing. Build the manifest from that plan in a couple of taps, and RidgeHQ holds you to seat count, weight, and instructor-to-diver ratios.
- Manifests generated from the day plan and checked against passenger capacity and assigned crew
- Instructor-to-diver ratios enforced per course type before a session can confirm
- Wetsuit, BCD, fin, and weight sizing pulled from each profile onto the check-in list
- Tide, visibility, and water-temperature context on the session, with per-activity suitability thresholds
- Cylinder and specialty-gear stock drawn down as sessions and rentals are booked
The admin that used to eat your evenings
Waivers, confirmations, reminders, and certification records are part of the booking rather than a stack of separate jobs. When a booking changes, the money trail stays correct on its own.
- Per-participant digital waivers with typed e-signature and conditional medical questions — included, not a metered add-on
- Automated confirmations and pre-arrival reminders with joining instructions
- Course completion recorded per diver, producing the record your agency paperwork needs
- Order immutability: an edit to a paid order creates a credit note instead of silently rewriting it
- An AI copilot that reads the day and can reschedule a session or move a diver between boats, each behind a confirm step
What changes when the operation is connected
Sales while the shop is shut
The widget takes courses and trips overnight, straight into the calendar your team works from.
One picture of the day
Bookings, boats, staff, gear, and payments move together — you stop being the link between five tools.
Enter a booking once
Manifests, waivers, ratios, and reporting read from it instead of asking you to copy it.
Works at the dock
Instructors see their sessions, diver lists, and kit sizing on a phone, not a printout left in the office.
Built around the work
Stop acting as the manual API between your booking engine and your team.
Common Questions
How RidgeHQ handles dive centers edge cases.
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