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Scuba Diving Communications Demand Signals | Basic Signals | Counting/Numbers | Surface Signals | Light Signals | Comments/Credits Home Communication
is the way people relay messages to each other or the ability to share
information. Oral communication is a very common way of
expression, but there are other ways to communicate. It is imperative in
diving that we have a variety of ways to communicate with others in our
underwater world. To
effectively communicate underwater, you must first start before the dive
to learn the many forms of hand and body posture. In some situations,
like technical and cave diving, you can even communicate by touch and
light signals. Despite
very comprehensive pre-dive discussions and planning, issues can arise
during a dive. Examples include the need to check a partner’s air
supply, to tell them to go a certain direction, crisis situation (like
they have a leak), or to simply signal to see if they are okay. To
end a dive requires one of the most basic of hand signals, the ‘Go
Up’ or end the dive hand signal -- the thumbs up. There
are many hand signals you could learn, but some are deemed more
important or more appropriate for diving. Hand signals meanings can
vary by agency and area, kind of like the many different oral languages.
As long as you and your dive buddies use the same signals, your
communication efforts will be better than trying to communicate with
someone who has a different 'signal' vocabulary. You
can find and learn more about underwater communications and hand signals
from professional divers, online resources, and manuals. You
should learn and coordinate your hand signals with all your dive buddies
as well. We will display multiple video clips for many of the
underwater signals to show you variances in them as well as putting them
to use with other signals. It
is not the intention of Dayo Scuba and those that created and
contributed to this page to make you experts in underwater
communications; by merely by viewing this site, but we do hope to
improve and broaden your underwater communications skills. Nothing can
replace practicing underwater communications with your dive partners. Demand Signals | Basic Signals | Counting/Numbers | Surface Signals | Light Signals | Comments/Credits |
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Basic / General
Okay Air Pressure Backup Big bubbles (big leak) Boat Buddy Ceiling Cold Come Here Cut Decompression Dizzy Do again Don’t Know End Activity/Exercise Entanglement Fish Forget it Gauges Go Faster Go Over Go down Hover *I* Level Off Light Lights Off Lights On Line Look Low on Air Me Narced (Narcosis) No Out of Air Problem Question Reel Repeat it Restriction Safety Stop at 15'/3m Share Air Shark Silt (bottom composition) Slow Down Stop Stop Communicating/'talking' Stuck Swim/Fin Tie Off (referring to line) Top Turn Around Wreck Write it out You |
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Counting/Numbers
Zero (0) One (1) Two (2) Three (3) Four (4) Five (5) Six (6) Seven (7) Eight (8) Nine (9) Counting 1 thru 9 Twenty Seven (27) |
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