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Here are the dive flag laws for NC, this is copied directly from the NC General Assemblies Website:
G.S. 75A-13.1 Page 1
§ 75A-13.1. Skin and scuba divers.
(a) No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving in the waters of this
State that are open to boating, or assist in such diving, without displaying a diver's flag
from a mast, buoy, or other structure at the place of diving; and no person shall display
such flag except when diving operations are under way or in preparation.
(b) The diver's flag shall be square, not less than 12 inches on a side, and shall be
of red background with a diagonal white stripe, of a width equal to one fifth of the flag's
height, running from the upper corner adjacent to the mast downward to the opposite
outside corner.
(c) No operator of a vessel under way in the waters of this State shall permit the
vessel to approach closer than 50 feet to any structure from which a diver's flag is then
being displayed, except where the flag is so positioned as to constitute an unreasonable
obstruction to navigation; and no person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving or
display a diver's flag in any locality that will unreasonably obstruct vessels from making
legitimate navigational use of the water.
(d) A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a Class 3
misdemeanor and shall only be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars
($25.00). (1969, c. 97, s. 1; 2006-185, s. 1.)
G.S. 75A-13.1 Page 1
§ 75A-13.1. Skin and scuba divers.
(a) No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving in the waters of this
State that are open to boating, or assist in such diving, without displaying a diver's flag
from a mast, buoy, or other structure at the place of diving; and no person shall display
such flag except when diving operations are under way or in preparation.
(b) The diver's flag shall be square, not less than 12 inches on a side, and shall be
of red background with a diagonal white stripe, of a width equal to one fifth of the flag's
height, running from the upper corner adjacent to the mast downward to the opposite
outside corner.
(c) No operator of a vessel under way in the waters of this State shall permit the
vessel to approach closer than 50 feet to any structure from which a diver's flag is then
being displayed, except where the flag is so positioned as to constitute an unreasonable
obstruction to navigation; and no person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving or
display a diver's flag in any locality that will unreasonably obstruct vessels from making
legitimate navigational use of the water.
(d) A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a Class 3
misdemeanor and shall only be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars
($25.00). (1969, c. 97, s. 1; 2006-185, s. 1.)
