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Essential Pre-Dive Safety Tips

This document from DAN.org provides tips and best practices for scuba diving safely. It recommends being involved in the dive community, properly equipping yourself with well-maintained gear, and practicing skills before diving. Divers should plan each dive by checking equipment, locations, buddy procedures, and emergency plans. Underwater, divers should monitor air usage, buoyancy, and buddy distance, and follow safe ascent procedures. It also provides flying restrictions after diving and general reminders like diving within limits and using safety stops.

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Essential Pre-Dive Safety Tips

This document from DAN.org provides tips and best practices for scuba diving safely. It recommends being involved in the dive community, properly equipping yourself with well-maintained gear, and practicing skills before diving. Divers should plan each dive by checking equipment, locations, buddy procedures, and emergency plans. Underwater, divers should monitor air usage, buoyancy, and buddy distance, and follow safe ascent procedures. It also provides flying restrictions after diving and general reminders like diving within limits and using safety stops.

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Be Involved With Dive Planning


• Research your dive location • Join a dive club
• Assist with dive trip plans • Find a local professional dive store
• Continue your diving education • Update your CPR and First
• Subscribe to dive magazines Aid Skills
• Find a dive buddy, and get to
know him/her

Equip Yourself Properly


• Have gear maintained regularly • Inspect gear before you dive
• Review your safety equipment • Use a pre-dive checklist
• Make sure gear is easy to use • Clean and store gear properly
and adjustable

Pre-Dive Practice
Skills to practice before diving:
• Buoyancy •
Adjusting weight and gear fit
• Mask clearing •
Removing and replacing weight
• Hand signals systems
• Deploying and stowing new gear • Reviewing your dive computer
• Equalizing while descending •
Reviewing out-of-air
• Deploying a SMB (Surface Marker procedures with your buddy
Buoy)

Plan Your Dive


• Double check your equipment
• Confirm the dive site location
Pre-Dive Tips

• Get any unclear instructions explained


• Work together with your buddy to get ready
• Become familiar with the dive site and exit/entry points
• Have an EAP (Emergency Action Plan) ready
• Determine when/how you will end the dive with your buddy
Manage Your Air
• Ensure you have enough air for your dive
• Verify air is turned on before dive
• While diving, check your air gauge regularly
• Make a complete stop (safety or decompression)
with at least 500 psi/35 bar remaining

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Best Practices
• Monitor your air usage and bottom time regularly
• Maintain neutral buoyancy at all times
• Stay within arm’s reach of your buddy while diving
• Avoid diving beyond your training
• Do not repetitively dive to your no decompression limit
• Ascents should be no faster than 30ft- 60ft/10m-18m per minute,
with the slowest ascent rates the closer you get to the surface
• Once signal is given, do a proper ascent
• Plan a 3-minute 15ft-20ft/5m-6m safety stop after all dives

When Diving From A Boat


• Be courteous and keep gear stowed in designated areas
• Review exit/entry procedures with crew
• Look and listen when ascending — awareness is critical
Flying After Diving
• Single dive within no-decompression limits: 12 hours
• Repetitive dives on multiple days: 18 hours
• Decompression dives (planned/unplanned): Substantially greater
than 18 hours
• A 24-hour preflight surface interval is a good practice overall

REMEMBER
There is nothing wrong with saying “Hey, I’ve never done this,” or “I’ve never
used this piece of equipment before, and I need some help.”

• Plan your dive; dive your plan


• Plan what to do if separated
• Always dive with a buddy
• Review hand signals before dive
Dive Tips

• Breathe continuously; never hold your breath


• Do not dive beyond your training limits
• If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it!
• Periodically check your air gauge
• Slowly ascend from every dive
• Always plan a 3-minute 15ft-20ft/5m-6m safety stop

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