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Sounds like you’re trying to fit in more locations than is practical, for a holiday trip. These places will still be there another year, after all isn’t a holiday a time to chill out.

It was before an octo became common, we still taught buddy breathing then. After finding the body of a diver I started carrying a pony, so I’m not totally reliant on a buddy.

An AIR2 or similar is not considered an alternative air source (AAS) by BSAC. Therefore, my 3rd Party BSAC insurance would be invalid if that’s what I relied on.

Not really a problem, I dived single reg with an AIR2 for a few years. It was still in the days of buddy breathing, having an oct reg was unusual. All fine until the day I was paired with someone with the same setup. My SGP unscrewed and near the end of the dive, came off in my hand when...

Is this what you’re after, Safe Diving Practices 2020. You can then print off a copy. During my term as BSAC Chair I got the Statement of Requirement for the newly implemented management system completed, through all the development and final launch last June/July. One of the fundamental...

BSAC did similar work on their incident reports and found cases where the casualty had surfaced, but subsequently went back down again. When found they still had their weights attached. BSAC training was modified, in the 2000s, to include the surface jettisoning of weights, on all divers grade...

Unfortunately the case. The increased membership income we could achieve if North America was included would be wiped out many times over in defending a member.

When does talk mode change to action mode? I've been waiting over 25 year and counting.

This is what I get with BSAC for my £60 a year membership. In other words, providing I follow BSAC’s Save Diving Practices whilst teaching any course I’m certified for (including compressor operator, boat handling and AED), I’m covered.

Try that in 6'C water, 2m visibility and at least a 1/2 knot current. I'm thinking of the Hispania in the Sound of Mull, your starting from 30m down (Advanced Divers are assessed on a 20m CBL.)

Not all, BSAC teach the Controlled Buoyant Lift in Ocean Diver, the elementary entry course.

Casualties are not necessarily OOA, but could be incapacitated by a medical condition or a sting.

This is quite simple, what’s the risk assessment. If one of these new divers was injured / killed what’s your liability?

I’ve often thought of going that route, but my flight times never seem to work out. The Lomprayah VIP bus isn’t bad and slightly cheaper. Not that the price difference in £ is that much.

The biggest issue I see in CBL drills, is when the rescuer is using both their suit and BCD to stay neutral during a dive, but unable to manage 4 expanding bubbles on the ascent. The result is either a Polaris ascent, separation or a plummet to the bottom. I agree using the rescuer’s BCD isn’t...

I teach using the casualty’s buoyancy device to perform a CBL, I can understand teaching a CBL using your own buoyancy device, with the assumption there won’t be anything in the casualty’s cylinder.

Why not just accept different agencies teach different rescue techniques.

This is the scenario BSAC trains as part of core training. * Ocean Divers practice a Controlled Buoyant Lift (CBL) 6m to surface, then a 5-10m tow - as the boat or surface cover should come to help. * Sports Divers practice a CBL from 10m to 6m, then rescue breaths and tow. * Dive Leaders...

An analysis of the BSAC incident reports in the early 2000’s revealed that a number of fatalities were attributed to divers who had surfaced, but subsequently sank and drowned as a result on not ditching their weight belts on the surface. As such a drill was introduced at all dived grades where...

To me it’s just free advertising. Which I’m not interested in.