noise underwater by divers

[beautybelow]

They do have their places though. For instance when going along a reef where it's known that whale sharks or mantas cruise and you have a group ahead of you with a good guide and you hear that tank banger going off like crazy you know to keep an eye out for a whale shark.

Which is why pretty much everyone is there.

I think people would get grumpier if a whale shark swam by and the guide didn't bang his tank to at least try and get their attention to see it.

It's another case of you can't abolish the whole idea of something across the board. (no pun intended)

There is good and bad with everything I suppose.

 

[Jax]

:huh: This is an advanced topic?

Wouldn't it be better in the basic forum, where divers could learn about noise annoying others?

 

[Pullmyfinger]

It's probably all of the "advanced divers" that are over-utilizing the noise makers. ;-)
I agree with the earlier poster, who mentioned the constant computer alarms.

-Mitch

 

[Krazytomdiver]

As a dive guide,I use a S/S wand & a shaker in order to get divers attention. Sometimes I actually have to "shake" or "tap" the spaced out diver! As a guide it is important device for safety & relaying dive instructions. What do all you noise intolerate divers do when a boat goes over head,anchors clanking,computer alarms going off ??? Find the correct dive attitude & quit being a whiney control freak or just dive solo !!!

"living life without a hard bottom"
KT

 

[rameus]

As a dive guide,I use a S/S wand & a shaker in order to get divers attention. Sometimes I actually have to "shake" or "tap" the spaced out diver! As a guide it is important device for safety & relaying dive instructions. What do all you noise intolerate divers do when a boat goes over head,anchors clanking,computer alarms going off ???

Hey there!
I personally understand THIS exact use of a shaker, banger or what ever other signaling device is out there. Starting off wit my article I wrote.

For PRIVATE divers there is very little use for something like that. And if guides are bad rolemodels (which they (I hope we all agree on that) can not only be with making noise underwater) students will do it exactly the same way as seen with their rolemodel.

Thomas

 

[Frosty]

As a means of getting attention I can't see sound as being in any way ideal. I wat5ched an instructor trying to get his students attention. Poor student was loooking all over the place trying to work out where the sound came from

 

[Bratface]

I use a big steel caribiner to bang on my tank when a really cool critter swims by. Like stated in an earlier post, who wants to miss the whale shark or the manta ray or turtle?

What I find annoying is the new diver with a tank banger going off at every parrot fish or yellow tailed snapper.

 

[DevonDiver]

It's probably all of the "advanced divers" that are over-utilizing the noise makers. ;-)

I've only ever encountered noise polluters in Thailand. It was always the dive guides and/or instructors. Lots of idiot DMs there though...

I agree with the earlier poster, who mentioned the constant computer alarms.

I've never experienced this. I guess it must be 'ascent alarms' that are causing the problem?

When guiding divers/students, I don't let them ascend anywhere near fast enough for this to be a problem. All peaceful and quiet in my water

 

[gcbryan]

Since sound is omni-directional underwater I don't see noise makers as being ideal and as mentioned it is very annoying as are strobes on someones tank and head mounted lights. Some things are just a bad idea

 

[beautybelow]

Since sound is omni-directional underwater I don't see noise makers as being ideal and as mentioned it is very annoying as are strobes on someones tank and head mounted lights. Some things are just a bad idea

I guess that brings up a question...do you think you can, after many dives and having to pay attention , actually tell the direction from which the sound is coming from?

Or is it just intuition.