What's the hand signal for "you all" or "we all"

[nohappy]

What's the hand signal for "you all" or "we all" in some circumstance like we need to signal "we(you) all stay here" or maybe "we(you) all go there, I stay"?

 

[PfcAJ]

Point at each indivudual, then a closed fist for ‘hold’

“ you, you, stay”

Point at each individual, then two fingers back and forth for swim (looks like a flutter kick) and point in direction, point to self and give hold sign.

“You, you, swim that way, me hold/stay”.

 

[tbone1004]

depending on how big the group is, I usually do what @PfcAJ does since my diving is cave centric and will only ever have a max of about 3 others and hand signals pretty much have to be single hand

If I'm teaching, then it's two hand signals and point to the middle of the group with both hands, go out to the edges, then back to the middle. Usually that's for group skills practice or demo type stuff but it's not a common signal. If you are only diving with a small group just point at everyone

 

[Saniflush]

Is this different in the South when we are saying "yall"?
Asking for a friend.

 

[xmass-Eve]

Point at each indivudual, then a closed fist for ‘hold’

“ you, you, stay”

Point at each individual, then two fingers back and forth for swim (looks like a flutter kick) and point in direction, point to self and give hold sign.

“You, you, swim that way, me hold/stay”.

Closed fist means 'low on air/50bar' when standing up or 'danger' when doing horizontal. I would think you say something about air consumption/use... It's not the army...

If I mean all of us, I make a circle with one finger. If it's others, I point. Stay is the stop signal, go is the direction signal

 

[tbone1004]

@xmass-Eve I know what the RSTC says for that signal, but the clenched fist is a command signal meaning "hold" in technical diving, only use for that signal. We don't use the open hand "stop" signal

If you are low on air it's a fist tapping your chest, and danger is usually fists in an X. Much easier to work with.

Circle with one finger in our world means turn the dive so definitely not going to use that one for anything but turning

 

[xmass-Eve]

@xmass-Eve I know what the RSTC says for that signal, but the clenched fist is a command signal meaning "hold" in technical diving, only use for that signal. We don't use the open hand "stop" signal

If you are low on air it's a fist tapping your chest, and danger is usually fists in an X. Much easier to work with.

Circle with one finger in our world means turn the dive so definitely not going to use that one for anything but turning

So if we put RSTC and technical divers together, we'll have very weird things happening under water

 

[tbone1004]

So if we put RSTC and technical divers together, we'll have very weird things happening under water

yeah well the RSTC has conflicting and frankly f*cked up hand signals. You can't have the same hand signal mean radically different things based on orientation or movement with the fist. We have that sorted out, but you should do it during predive

 

[Wookie]

yeah well the RSTC has conflicting and frankly f*cked up hand signals. You can't have the same hand signal mean radically different things based on orientation or movement with the fist. We have that sorted out, but you should do it during predive

Regardless of what you want to use for hand signals (personally, I think that the RSTC ones are poor in most cases), what Tom said is correct. The team (whether made up of instructor and students of any level, or team as team diving) should have discussed their hand signals they are likely to use before the dive, during the briefing. The intent is to communicate with the team, not some group of training agencies most will never care about.

 

[boulderjohn]

Closed fist means 'low on air/50bar' when standing up or 'danger' when doing horizontal. I would think you say something about air consumption/use... It's not the army...

For low on air, the closed fist is placed against the chest with the back of the hand out.