This is funny...
I seem to remember a thread not too long ago that went the same direction.. Simple question, multiple answers (the "right" one depends on the buddy team).. and on and on.
Couple of weeks ago I was diving in Puerto Vallarta, amongst the group was a dad (certified in the 70's, very little diving) his son, just completed his OW course, and a couple of other divers (6 total). One of the questions I had for the group, was how do you signal your pressure, we had a total of 5 different methods for the group of 8 divers (6 "customers" the DM and a friend of the shop)..
Guess what.. we really didn't have an issue communicating our pressure to the DM. During the briefing the conversation came up to how you communicate the numbers (where I asked the question to the group)... The DM listened to the various answers, most liked the horizontal / vertical suggestion, but all did it their own way during the dives... We really did not have any issue communicating with our buddies and the DM.
The IMPORTANT part of this conversation is that your buddy team knows what the communications mean... and what to expect.
I see the basis of this thread as opening the communication for all, and to realise that everyone may not be trained the same as you.. Part of the pre dive briefing / buddy check..
I seem to remember a thread not too long ago that went the same direction.. Simple question, multiple answers (the "right" one depends on the buddy team).. and on and on.
Couple of weeks ago I was diving in Puerto Vallarta, amongst the group was a dad (certified in the 70's, very little diving) his son, just completed his OW course, and a couple of other divers (6 total). One of the questions I had for the group, was how do you signal your pressure, we had a total of 5 different methods for the group of 8 divers (6 "customers" the DM and a friend of the shop)..
Guess what.. we really didn't have an issue communicating our pressure to the DM. During the briefing the conversation came up to how you communicate the numbers (where I asked the question to the group)... The DM listened to the various answers, most liked the horizontal / vertical suggestion, but all did it their own way during the dives... We really did not have any issue communicating with our buddies and the DM.
The IMPORTANT part of this conversation is that your buddy team knows what the communications mean... and what to expect.
I see the basis of this thread as opening the communication for all, and to realise that everyone may not be trained the same as you.. Part of the pre dive briefing / buddy check..