Oki I will play..
1- Wear booties with your open heel fins..
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2- If you would have planed your exit right you would have avoided the stingray..
3- Why on earth would you swim against current.If you planned your dive properly you would have found an other exit point if all possible..
Dude..kidding..
What I do around my area. Mostly river/ lake diving. Put my fins on in the water. Adapt to your environment. Shore entry in waves is a duck tuck and go...
1- Scan the dive site for conditions of entry point. Notice and secure any saftey hazzards. ( tie gates open, remove trash, look for slippery surfaces and easy of entry/exit points )
2- Map out a secondard exit point in the event of a emergency.
3- Get info on the dive site, depth, location, what to see etc. FInd out what the weather is going to be. Depending on time of day. Find out the high/low tides and current directions etc.
4- NOW. Plan your dive.
5- if your exploring a new area and have no clue etc of what is out there. Have a reel handy to use as a guideline for your dive. Tie off in a safe place..Not on coral etc... If you can. Pulling a line will gurantee your safe return. If not map out the entry point on a slate for reference if your brain in no working that day..
6- Learn how to use a compass. bring it on your dive.
7- Make sure your buddy is comfortable with the dive. when in doubt bail out.
8- Notice the marine life make sure to look and not touch.
9- Have shore support with an emergency plan in the event of an...EMERGENCY!..
10- Start your dive in the current if your goin gto do a loop if not ride the current to your planned exit point. BUT plan your dive accordingly.
Dive your plan. Use gear appropriate for the environment. Full foot fins are for snorkeling...use booties and open heel fins. You may have to hike up or over some rough rocks etc...
Safe dives
fisherdvm:
You guys taught me alot about boat dives... How about contributing a few on this one??
1. Wear booties, don't do full foot fins.
2. Careful crawling in the shore, I almost put my hand on a sting ray.
3. Don't swim against the current to get back to your entry point, swim toward the shore, and then go to the entry point... Current is weaker next to the shore.