Dive Club

HINTS FOR DIVING WITH A BUDDY ...

• Choose a compatible buddy ... someone with similar underwater interests who moves at the same speed as you is more likely to remain close by.

• Plan the dive together, and agree on what you will do once underwater.

• Where you will go? Who will lead?

• What will be your bottom time? Maximum depth? Air cut-off?

• Agree on what safety stops you will perform.

• Confirm your underwater signals before diving with a new buddy.

• Agree on lost buddy procedure: if a diver goes missing, the other diver searches for no more than one minute, after which he/she surfaces.

• Begin the descent together, facing each other. Match your descent speed to that of the slower diver.

• Be equal partners underwater.

• Avoid dependant diving, where one diver constantly leads and the other follows. Share the lead by using pre-arranged signals, or swim side by side.

• Signal frequently while underwater. Agree that it's 'one-out all out'.

Follow these tips and you will be on your way to a memorable and safe summer diving season! Safe Diving from the DAN SEAP Team