Alucard
Contributor
I have been diving in the Caribbean using mostly Boat dives or dives from a site where a divers down flag wasn't necessary (already marked off, etc), but now we are planning on doing more shore dives in Grand Cayman in areas where the laws requires use of a Divers Down float. I have been trying to learn how best to do this.
Everything I have read says that you should carry the spool in your hand and not have it tied off to your BCD (which I can totally understand). This would mean that for the entire dive I would need to use one hand to hold the spool.
I most often dive with a small camera that, while not usually needing two hands, does from time to time in order to change settings. one of the joy of diving for me is to be able to capture the moments for later (I am an avid photographer on land too!)
Seems to me that I am running out of hands!
Here is a thought - since I tend to only use the camera when at depth, and since the divers down flag is really only needed when close to the surface (start and end of the dive), is there some way of me pulling it down once at a safe depth, deflating it, attaching it to my BCD (or rolling it up) or whatever, then deploying it again during the safety stop?
What are the concerns with doing this, and, if a viable option, what sort of flag, line and spool would you use?
...or am I overthinking this?
I would appreciate some practical advice on this matter...
Everything I have read says that you should carry the spool in your hand and not have it tied off to your BCD (which I can totally understand). This would mean that for the entire dive I would need to use one hand to hold the spool.
I most often dive with a small camera that, while not usually needing two hands, does from time to time in order to change settings. one of the joy of diving for me is to be able to capture the moments for later (I am an avid photographer on land too!)
Seems to me that I am running out of hands!
Here is a thought - since I tend to only use the camera when at depth, and since the divers down flag is really only needed when close to the surface (start and end of the dive), is there some way of me pulling it down once at a safe depth, deflating it, attaching it to my BCD (or rolling it up) or whatever, then deploying it again during the safety stop?
What are the concerns with doing this, and, if a viable option, what sort of flag, line and spool would you use?
...or am I overthinking this?
I would appreciate some practical advice on this matter...