LBTS Night Dive Flag Lighting

[Reef_Haven]

I'm hoping to do a night dive or two this weekend.
What do you use to light your flag when diving from shore at LTBS?
Is a lumenos glo-stick enough? I wonder if a flag light might attract more boat traffic TOWARDS your flag, instead of away from it, just from curious boaters, thinking someone needs assistance. Any thoughts?

 

[shorediver66]

Yes glow sticks are enough, Please do not dive without a flag. You are correct that many do not know what a dive flag is, but if you do not have a flag with a glow stick or a strobe boats can not see you on the surface.

 

[DMDavid]

I use a strobe in order to increase the visibilty of my position and flag.
With the strobe I only had a problem once and it wasn't a boater it was a fisherman that caused the problem.

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

I have not had problems with boaters at night, only during the day time. The cylume sticks have worked fine, but I prefer this: Glo-Toob | The High Intensity, Multipurpose, Waterproof Lightsource!.