I can see that this change is very disliked due to Diving Points becoming less explorable, and while this might not be (it really isn’t) related to an idea I’ve made to ‘revamp’ how Diving Points are presented and hopefully get Diving Gear into the game, I believe that this change could be offset exactly by the fact that we could get gear specifically related to underwater activities in general.
If you want to look at the suggestion itself, then here you go:
(I also didn’t know this was coming up, but I guess that’s more of a reason to consider adding Diving Gear in the game)