Resort's " New Normal " Rule - No AIR 2 or diving your long hose

[Joneill]

I just bring sanitizing wipes with me diving now. If someone is OOG, I'll signal them to wait, switch to my short hose, get out my sanitizing wipes and disinfect my primary, then donate.

Or let the OOA diver bring their own sanitizer/wipes if they want to use my octo - I have no problem breathing from it if I have issues with my primary

 

[uncfnp]

No wipes. Not marine friendly plus taste awful. I recommend rum, tequila or vodka depending on dive location.

 

[Shasta_man]

Wipes are no problem. Simply put one in your mouth before diving. It cleans both your reg and any one donated to you. You could even do it as a service to others. A wipe between your teeth and gums'll do ya.

You can stash one of those airplane booze bottles in case it's from uncfnp

 

[uncfnp]

 

[ScubaWithTurk]

Source: https://blog.padi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/8steps-copy.pdf

Look at the last line in number 8. Now you have posted what PADI has give to pros and dive centers to use however in both of the web conferences I was on, they clearly stated to us that divers should test breathe the regs, sterilize them and then right before splashing just do a quick check by purging. They actually said that just a test purge was not enough and divers should do both.

 

[D_Fresh]

Look at the last line in number 8. Now you have posted what PADI has give to pros and dive centers to use however in both of the web conferences I was on, they clearly stated to us that divers should test breathe the regs, sterilize them and then right before splashing just do a quick check by purging. They actually said that just a test purge was not enough and divers should do both.

Ok great! I only cited the document which PADI published publicly. It's been elsewhere on ScubaBoard, and all over Facebook. I am not a PADI Pro, I don't have any access to restricted publications. A simple web search and it was readily available.

They may have told you one thing, and that's great. But this document does, clearly, state "But sharing air might be really important underwater. So, don't test breathe your alternate second stage. Test purge it during checks, but leave it disinfected in case someone needs it. Or, test breathe it, then redisinfect it."

Their recommendation is to do either, and/or both, it's up to the individual and/or dive op. There's no scuba police, nobody is going to get in trouble for utilizing one recommendation over another, or doing neither! If you see one of my earlier responses, in response to a question as to whether or not I think it's a sufficient test, I, personally, do not think it's sufficient, and will continue to test breathe my octo, but my dive partner right now is my wife, swapping spit via octo is the least of our "sharing"...

You dive you, and I'll dive me, and everyone else will take whatever steps they consider to be appropriate for themselves in this situation.

Edit to add: The poster was publicly linked to in a Blog post by Drew Richardson,
President & CEO PADI Worldwide, in the paragraph immediately following the heading "Your PADI Dive Center is Ready".... "If you haven't already, you'll be seeing this poster highlighting eight simple steps that we can take as divers, posted on websites and at your local dive shop.".... available here: Diving is Reopening

 

[Gareth J]

I use 2 transmitters (and wear 2 AI DC's) - so no concerns as I have reliable redundancy

Maybe you need three transmitters, and voting logic!

 

[Jcp2]

A man with a watch knows the time. A man with two is never sure.

 

[Bob DBF]

I think I will go out on a limb here and suggest that a single test inhalation, even two, without exhaling into regulator will not deposit a significant viral load and I further postulate that that small contaminate will be removed by going diving.

Look at the SPG when you do it; the needle should not waver.
Breathing is better (you get cracking pressure that way), but also look at the SPG.

The SPG not wavering when a reg is breathed shows the valve is open, it does not mean the valve is fully open. Depending on the valve, 1/4 turn open may be enough to pass that test.

 

[StefinSB]

Remember, part of using the long hose as the primary, and primary donate, requires an S drill.
The S drill is performed at the start of the dive, normally at 6m, donate then re-stow.

It's actually a procedure adaptable to rebreather diving, and not a bad idea with mixed teams. Donate the bailout regulator at the start, then re-stow. It reinforces the OOG / bailout procedures, and confirms everything is working.

I am not sure what normally means and what a meter is but I learned to go through my checks including presenting the long hose before submerging.