Peeing Etiquette

[ofg-1]

I can only leave you with words of wisdom from the late Captain Bill Crawford of the old Good Time Charlie in Key Largo---
"When you're going out to sea, even men sit down to pee".

 

[johndiver999]

I try not to pee in my suit until I enter the water, but sometimes....

 

[lexvil]

I go early & often. No need to signal anyone. Just do what you gotta do when you gotta do it.

Reminds my of that song, “let it flow, let it flow”

 

[CycleCat]

The sea is full of fish pee and poop already. A quart of your pee added to it is going to make little difference. I would avoid doing it when someone is directly following, but otherwise, what your dive buddy doesn't know is not going to hurt him!

 

[Laurie S.]

Just don't do it on the ladder when divers are waiting to get back on the boat.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

You are swimming in an eternal ocean of Feculence....your sterilized urine isn’t going to be the straw that broke the camel’s back

peeing on deck is lame though. I’d call that out.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Wow, I can't believe anyone would pee on the boat. Gross and incredibly rude.

I’ve even seen it on charter boats. The person has to pee like crazy while gearing up and can’t wait until they get in the water and don’t want to run to the head and try to pull off a 7mm wetsuit, so they just let it go on the deck and hope no one notices the yellow river.

 

[Streydog]

If you see someone being very still in the water, they are either practicing hovering or peeing.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

I’ve even seen it on charter boats. The person has to pee like crazy while gearing up and can’t wait until they get in the water and don’t want to run to the head and try to pull off a 7mm wetsuit, so they just let it go on the deck and hope no one notices the yellow river.

‘it is slightly better than surfacing off the side of the boat when they are venting the sewage system though I’ve seen one poor lady get hit with that ‘code brown’ and it wasn’t pretty....

 

[DaveC]

Once in the water the dilution factors are so high that peeing will make zero difference to dive buddies. Like everyone else said, on the boat is another story.