Ran over at LBTS

[traveler218]

A few years ago, a bunch of us from SB did a reef ID fish count. We went in at Datura St. I decided to bring my lobster gear along.. just in case. Upon exit, there was a FWC officer wanting to see lobster licenses. Sure. No problem. Drop my gear down. Open the trunk of my car. Show him my license. He gave me a warning because it was not physically on me (this was in the days when the license was still paper, not waterproof like now).
We go back out to do a second dive. Boat splits our flags.. where was FWC then?
I can't tell you how many times I've seen prop wash while displaying my boat sized dive flag. Here and in Venice. And somebody getting hurt doesn't seem to encourage enforcement. Every few years we hear of some diver / freediver getting hit by a boat.. nothing happens.
Every year this conversation comes up on SB..how do we educate /inform boaters of the dive flag... Every year.

Unfortunately, the ones who need to see threads like this probably never will. I just got back from LBTS. Spent last week diving there. I can tell you that it's not just shore diving that has this problem.

We were out on the third reef doing a drift dive, three groups of divers, three flags and we got buzzed by a fishing boat as well. All those square miles of ocean and they 'just happen' to go right over the top of the dive flag: what are the odds of that?


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[Rich Keller]

Did you find the guy who ran you over and if so is this thread related?

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/fl...at-fire-off-luderdale-sea-july-20-2014-a.html

 

[traveler218]

No, but it would be interesting if it was related to such an incident.

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[Tom Winters]

Things are really heating up in this Luderdale place.