Young divers: age rules for online bookings

Your booking page can stop a child being booked onto a dive they shouldn't be on. Set this in Settings → Booking rules → Young divers. Check ages on online bookings is on for a new shop, and saves the moment you switch it.

• Youngest age to make a booking: 18 to start with. This is the person paying.
• Youngest diver who can be booked online: 12. Younger divers are told to call or email the shop.
• Youngest diver without an adult on the trip: 14. Below that, an adult has to be booked with them.
• Junior divers: 14 and under dive no deeper than 21 m. This only works if the activity has a Max Depth set.

The numbers save with the Save button in the bar at the top. Each age is a whole number from 1 to 99, and the three must stay in order: the age to be booked online is no higher than the age to dive without an adult, which is no higher than the age to make a booking. A number that can't be saved says why under it.

These rules cover dive activities booked online only. Snorkelling and other non-dive activities are never affected, and your staff can add anyone from the dashboard. If a diver's date of birth isn't known yet, the rules don't refuse them.

Whatever you set here, a diver under 18 still needs a parent or guardian to sign their waiver.