I have to admit that swim platforms have regional trade-offs.
I’d love to have one on my boat, but this picture of my dock neighbor’s swim platform shows what you get if you do have a swim step out where I live.
This one looks like it’s only a 400 lbs. or so. We get them as big as 900 lbs.
So, in situations like mine, better to settle for a good drop-down ladder with an extra step and a release line that can’t be pulled with a flipper.
– Bob