| A basic concept in most rescue diver
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| | good feature to look for when you are
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| courses is self rescue to keep your self
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| | shopping for dive gear.
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| from being lost at sea dive, training is
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| | Snorkels
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| important but should it happen having 4
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| | You want to get me worked up try telling
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| pieces of scuba diving equipment with you
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| | me why you are such a pro that you don't
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| will make you chances of being rescued
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| | need a snorkel! What a load of smelly
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| significantly higher and they are useful
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| | poop, with the exceptions of night manta
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| tools on most adventure scuba diving
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| | dives, or penetration dives on silt
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| trips. Like the Boy Scouts say be
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| | layered wrecks or caves, I always have my
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| prepared!
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| | snorkel attached to my mask! I have been
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| Plastic Whistles, Safety Sausages,
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| | in flat seas more than once with no wind,
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| Snorkels and a Light.
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| | and came up with a thunderstorm that was
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| The 4 best things to have are a loud
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| | over the horizon at the start of dive,
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| plastic whistle, a long safety sausage, a
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| | whipping up 2.5 meter seas in 45 minutes.
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| snorkel and a light. The good thing is
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| | If you come up away from the boat or the
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| this dive equipment will all fit in a
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| | boat can't see more than 100 meters, you
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| dive pocket quite easily, and are
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| | could be in for an exhausting 20 minutes
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| relatively cheap dive gear to buy, so
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| | or more fighting for breathe while
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| there is no reason not to have them.
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| | swallowing and puking Neptune tea.
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| Plastic whistles
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| | A Pocket Light
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| Plastic whistles don't rust and they
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| | A LED pocket light is very handy for
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| don't run out of air to sound them until
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| | looking in holes in the day time for pipe
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| it becomes moot. Sound carries a real
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| | fish and crabs and nudibrachs. I am
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| long way on the water, especially at
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| | especially drawn to extended battery life
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| night. Most modern "BCD's" Buoyancy
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| | that the LED's provide, most go almost 8
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| Control Devices have one built in,
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| | hours before you need to change the
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| usually attached to the low pressure
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| | battery, this could be the difference
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| inflator, right next to where your mouth
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| | that gets you found if you are a drift on
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| is. Another option is air powered horns
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| | the open ocean at night. They can be
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| also attached to the low pressure
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| | used in a couple of ways, placed inside
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| inflator mechanism in a variety of ways.
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| | the safety sausage which will stand out
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| Air horns are even better at producing
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| | as a beacon for a long way at night,
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| signal, put are not fool proof as they
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| | again elevated, moving and out of place
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| are mechanical and can have any number of
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| | will get it seen. The 2nd way is to
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| things make them non-operational, and you
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| | point it at boats, planes and helicopters
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| will eventually run out of tank pressure
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| | and do the classic SOS, Save Our Souls, 3
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| to sound them. 50 bar of air will give
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| | long, 3 short, 3 long. Remember do this
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| you a lot of bursts, but as the pressure
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| | by moving your hand over the lens, not by
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| in the tank decreases, so does the
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| | turning the switch on and off which
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| volume.
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| | heightens the possibility of an equipment
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| Safety Sausages
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| | failure when you need it least.
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| Safety sausages are mostly orange with
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| | Military, rescuers and commercial
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| some being yellow. Searchers can spot
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| | vessels, including high flying commercial
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| these on the surface from a long way off
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| | flights will all respond to an SOS if
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| for 2 reasons, one they are orange which
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| | they see it, if fact, are required by
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| instinct makes you pay attention to as it
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| | maritime law and tradition to respond if
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| is usually associated with danger in the
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| | it does not put them or their ships in
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| wild. The 2nd reason is that they are out
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| | danger. With the long burn time of a LED
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| of the water, in the air, and can be made
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| | you should get one maybe even two nights
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| to wave which further increases there
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| | or more out of the batteries. A light
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| visibility; again humans are hard wired
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| | turned on pointing at a boat in the day
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| in our reptilian brains to see things
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| | time can be seen for a long way off, and
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| that move for food and safety. The main
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| | when the batteries die you can use it as
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| draw back is that they can not be seen at
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| | a mirror in the day time to flash people
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| night unless, they are illuminated some
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| | a long way off to bring attention to you
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| how. As they have no movable parts or
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| | including planes and helicopters.
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| batteries they are Kiss simple provided
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| | As usual the best defense is a good
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| they don't have a leak, and even with a
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| | offence, keep the software in your head
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| leak they will float so can still be seen
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| | engaged, stay within your dive abilities
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| from the air, or decks on boats that are
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| | and training, be aware of strong
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| elevated. It also a good idea as a diver
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| | currents, monitor local weather
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| to mark where you are coming up at so
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| | forecasts, keep your dive gear in good
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| boats doesn't run over you. Many safety
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| | order and plan your dive and dive your
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| sausages will also have a plastic whistle
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| | plan . These will always be your best
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| attached to sleeve that stores them, a
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| | bet from being Lost at Sea.
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