Rickg
Contributor
After that accident at Pelelieu Corner, Palau in '93 (I think was the year) where 4 Japanese divers and their Palauan divemaster died when their dive boat lost power, I put together "safety bags" for my wife and I. They small mesh goody bags that fit in our BC pockets. The bags consist of:
- signal mirror
- safety sausage
- strobe/flashlight combination rated to 150' that will operate for 18 hours (basically 2 nights) in the strobe mode
- 12-15' of nylon line with quick release clips on each end so we can clip ourselves (and whoever else might be diving with us) together should be get separated from the dive boat. People in a group being much easier to spot from a boat or plane than individuals bobbing around on their own.
In addition to that, we both have "Storm Whistles" attached to our BCs and "Dive Alert" air horns connected to our power inflator LP hoses.
Just like American Express, we never leave home without them. Luckily the only thing we have ever had to use are our Dive Alert air horns.
Rickg
- signal mirror
- safety sausage
- strobe/flashlight combination rated to 150' that will operate for 18 hours (basically 2 nights) in the strobe mode
- 12-15' of nylon line with quick release clips on each end so we can clip ourselves (and whoever else might be diving with us) together should be get separated from the dive boat. People in a group being much easier to spot from a boat or plane than individuals bobbing around on their own.
In addition to that, we both have "Storm Whistles" attached to our BCs and "Dive Alert" air horns connected to our power inflator LP hoses.
Just like American Express, we never leave home without them. Luckily the only thing we have ever had to use are our Dive Alert air horns.
Rickg
