Pre Dive Safety Check

Speaking with dive teachers from the "properly old school" (or at least that is the time period that some of them use to explain the coaching strategies they used in the past) I were given masses of information on how scuba diving used to be taught 20-30 years in the past.

One of them advised me that he used to ask his students to begin descending with their tanks closed and breathing the air contained inside the hoses of the regulator. At a given intensity, and depending at the diver´s descending charge, he would run out of air. Then he needed to reach out to this tank valve and open it to reestablish the air waft.

His rationale changed into that, perhaps a few day on a dive boat the divemaster in fee of the dive logistics may also neglect to open he divers tanks. It may show up to all of us, we ought to admit, but, is there a more secure way to verify the precise functioning of our dive equipment previous to enter the water?.

Luckily, today´s divers do now not want to "practice" an out of air emergency using the method described above. Divers now can depend on a completely important pre immersion step referred to as the "Pre Dive Safety Check".

Before entering the water, your dive friend shall affirm that each part of your scuba tools works and fits well, and you will do the same for him/her. That consists of padi idc checking releases, gauges, tanks and weight belt.

The Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI)suggests all their access stage students to apply a totally green technique to perform a predive safety check amongst dive friends. They use the phrase "Begin With Review and Friend" and the acronym "BWRAF" to help divers to perform an green predive check.

B= BCD: Verify right inflation so the diver is capable of flow in waters too deep to rise up, low stress inflator connector, and that the tank is firmly secured to the harness.

W= Weight device: Whether if wore in a belt or a BCD integrated gadget, it is vital that the burden gadget has a one hand quick release mechanism to ditch it in case of emergency.

R=Releases: Make sure each launch works well, and double take a look at the weight belt´s brief launch mechanism.

A=Air. Verify that the tank has enough air for the dive with the aid of checking the submersible pressure gauge and (crucial step)making sure the tank is open.

F=Final OK: Once a pre dive protection test has been completed, it is time to go into the water.

Performing a pre dive protection check earlier than every dive is possibly the maximum green manner to avoid not unusual troubles which includes running out of air, tank loss and different gadget associated issues