Diventures Magazine | English Edition May 2020 | Page 38

DIVING TIPS
4- Lack of Buddy Communication differ++rent BCD — then you need to do
Whether it’s your friend or a family bouncy check to make sure that you’re
member, insta-buddy, weighted properly. The wrong weights
communication is essential. From early can cost you precious energy and air at
training classes on, I see divers who best, or cause an out-of-control ascent
don’t even know where their buddy is at at worst.
any given time. Keeping tabs on the REMEMBER, PROPER BUOYANCY GIVES
person who may be called upon to help YOU WINGS
save your life — or whose life you may 6- Over confidence
have to save — should be your top One of the fetal mistakes which novice
priority. Go over your hand signals so and
there’s less confusion down below; keep confidence is required but to the point
a watchful eye on your buddy’s location of the respecting the safety and
so you always know how far away they standards of recreational diving. It
are; and keep tabs on their air as well as pushes the diver to ignore his safety to
your own. risk his life and others life as well. It’s
REMEMBER, SEE TO BE SEEN always the two edges weapon, they key
5- Skipping the Buoyancy Check is to use it and not hurting yourself.
or
even
an
Whether you are over-weighted or
under-weighted
while
diving,
it
experienced
REMEMBER,
BE
divers
can
CONFIDENT
have,
BUT
RESPECT THE LIMITS
happened because you didn’t do a
buoyancy check at the surface. If
anything has changed since your last
check — weight loss or gain, new
wetsuit or different thickness, Dry suit
or even semi-dry suit, fresh water
instead
of
salt
water,
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