How is YOUR diving etiquette?.......

[srobinson]

Wow! That was more of a lecture than a blog post. Still, I agree with Stacy on about all of her points. If everyone followed her rules dive trips would go a lot more smoothly. The stories wouldn't be nearly as good though!

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I thought that the article was interesting but had very little to do with diving.

An article about diving etiquette should have included many other important items such as:

-Don't wash your mask in the camera tank
-If you're sea-sick, vomit overboard, not on your fellow divers
-Don't wash your face in the camera tank
-Don't set up your regulator on someone else's Nitrox cylinder
-Don't rinse your BC in the camera tank
-Stand out of the way when divers in full gear need to get by
-Don't spit in the camera tank
-When you park at a popular dive spot, don't block the entrance
-Don't wash your hair in the camera tank

... and ...

Don't rinse your wetsuit in the camera tank! (yes, I've seen it done) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[mikemill]

... and ...

Don't rinse your wetsuit in the camera tank! (yes, I've seen it done) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Lets simplify it some: Don't do jack squat with, in, or around the camera tank except rinsing your camera.

 

[Puffer Fish]

Oh also say 'goggles' for mask too

Goggles and Flippers... got it...

 

[Puffer Fish]

I thought that the article was interesting but had very little to do with diving.

An article about diving etiquette should have included many other important items such as:

-Don't wash your mask in the camera tank
-If you're sea-sick, vomit overboard, not on your fellow divers
-Don't wash your face in the camera tank
-Don't set up your regulator on someone else's Nitrox cylinder
-Don't rinse your BC in the camera tank
-Stand out of the way when divers in full gear need to get by
-Don't spit in the camera tank
-When you park at a popular dive spot, don't block the entrance
-Don't wash your hair in the camera tank

Ok, I'm seeing a camera tank theme here...thankfully we can still wash our underarms in the camera tank...

As a side note, all I could think of was that you had a camera tank...wow..don't usually get one.

 

[Diver Tim]

Reader's Digest version:

Be on time; be prepared for what you're about to do; don't leave your crap laying around where people will trip on it; I don't like it when you say "flippers"; don't spray chemicals in my eyes; let me know if I've got snot on my face; don't be a jacka$$; don't be a jacka$$; don't be a jacka$$; don't be a jacka$$; don't be a spazz; stay with the group; wait your turn; don't overestimate your abilities; wait your turn; don't be a jacka$$; don't be an ugly American; and, finally, don't be a jacka$$.

With the exception of the flippers comment, and possibly the "chemicals in the eyes" one, I think my kindergartner son is learning this stuff right now...

I got it already... Stop yelling at me.

 

[Divor]

Why be discrete? All divers know they are likely to have a messy face after a dive, I just tell you that you have brains on your face. I don't care who hears me. As the old saying goes, "You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose."

I just tell 'em they're "smuggling a nudibranch" ... and if they're someone I consider a friend, I might take a picture of 'em with their pet nudi ...

Down here we call 'em "Diver's Pearls"

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Can we STILL pee in the camera tank?

 

[Walter]

How is what you call your flippers relevant to anything?

It isn't.

 

[RJP]

Can we STILL pee in the camera tank?

As long as you're not wearing a wetsuit or a mask, I don't see why not.

:d