Vtdiver2
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We do the same signDiver0001:I use the "hang loose" sign
Chris
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We do the same signDiver0001:I use the "hang loose" sign
If you do the hang loose sign right, then the thumb is going left to right, so it isn't confused with "up" or "down".pants!:The hang loose symbol is cool but could be mistaken for a thumb in some circumstances, so I do a similar one where I extend the pinky and index finger
For a crab we do the devils horns ( index and pinky extended), for a lobster, we make a pinching claw with our hand. You're on your own for the restGidds:Yesterday I actually had company while snorkelling (thanks guys!) and we were looking around for cool critters. Ok so I do the look signal than point at the critter in question and my buddy signs ok if he sees it or gives me a wierd look if he can't see what I'm looking at. Sometimes there was more than one critter in the area where I was pointing so it was difficult to get my point across. If it was a crab or something grabable I finally had to resort to picking it up and handing it to my buddy. Like I found a BIG crab who had lost a fight with something else much bigger (that I didn't want to meet) and was missing both claws. I thought this was particularly ineresting so the crab got handed to my buddy but I prefer not to interfere with the marine life if I don't have to.
So I need signs for:
crab
grouper
you just missed the sennet AGAIN!
cunner
tataug
butterfly fish
Tom Winters:Despite the predive briefing about what it meant, a lot of my intro Canadian customers would get all worked up underwater and start doing the the thumbs-up sign while they were thrashing around to see more. As soon as I would grab them for the mandatory ascent, then the "ok" signs would start, they'd calm down, and we could all finish the dive. They just love that thumbs-up stuff, eh?