Taboo

[diver00011]

Among non-diving friends and family, all the time.
Among other divers, much less.
Though last summer I surfaced from a solo night dive to a small army of ambulances, fire trucks, police officers. All for me! Apparently a bystander thought I was in distress.

 

[tursiops]

Related event: I was on a dive boat out of a popular dive shop in Key Largo some years ago, and a DM saw a diver not wearing a snorkel on his mask, and started haranguing them about diving unsafely. Long story short, it was pointed out to the DM that even PADI does not require you to WEAR a snorkel; even during training the written standard is that you have to HAVE a snorkel, so one in your pocket or on your leg under the straps for your BFK is just fine. People can get all wrought up about nearly anything.

 

[Pressurehead]

I once came up [next my float and large dive flag] next to a boat fishing,they jumped out of their skins when I came alongside and thumped their boat, I was doing a search for a lost fishing rod and reel , with a lure still on! [Which I found doing a circle search], the vis was <1m , not deep, solo diving.
Did not know what a dive flag was FFS, got his boat license from a corn flake packet I am sure.

 

[drrich2]

I once came up [next my float and large dive flag] next to a boat fishing,they jumped out of their skins when I came alongside and thumped their boat,

You need a Creature From The Black Lagoon mask for just such occasions...

 

[Blackfrogfeet]

Same, its annoying.

It's especially annoying to be finger wagged and told I shouldn't have been solo diving in caves that less than a handful of people on the entire west coast are qualified to dive. I would love a buddy, but finding one with the time, fitness, money, training, equipment, and experience at the higher levels is harder than it looks.

rjack, I realized that I may have met you already. At a UASBC intro course 2ish years ago in Victoria.

 

[rjack321]

rjack, I realized that I may have met you already. At a UASBC intro course 2ish years ago in Victoria.

Yes sirree I was there

btw you're welcome down here in your fancy Fathom anytime

 

[ofg-1]

Taboo? Damn, I thought this would be a thread about molesting gerbils, shaving cats, peeing in your partners drysuit - while they are in it.... This is just more dive stuff.

 

[Coztick]

Taboo? Damn, I thought this would be a thread about molesting gerbils, shaving cats, peeing in your partners drysuit - while they are in it.... This is just more dive stuff.

Move along sicko!
No kitty porn here!

 

[Jonn]

the written standard is that you have to HAVE a snorkel

Did not know that, my instructors may have been lax on that point. I like my snorkel for shore diving, but what does PADI expect me to do with one in my pocket on a boat dive?

 

[tursiops]

Did not know that, my instructors may have been lax on that point. I like my snorkel for shore diving, but what does PADI expect me to do with one in my pocket on a boat dive?

PADI's standards are for training.