There is a small tropical reef fish: Halichoeres bivattatus, common name: Slippery Dick. I have seen some "interesting" hand signals for them.
:chuckle: Hehe I've seen some good ones for this fish too
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There is a small tropical reef fish: Halichoeres bivattatus, common name: Slippery Dick. I have seen some "interesting" hand signals for them.
Pointing your middle finger at a piece of equipment means its fu*ked... (broken)
so now if we have something important to 'say', we 'call' each other - signal is a telephone hand to your ear. the other person 'answers' when he or she is ready to communicate.
DH and I entertained the other divers in our Underwater Navigation class because we were having such a hard time communicating underwater, and also having a hard time maintaining our depth while navigating the square patterns in not-so-great visibility. One person was just watching the compass, and the other was responsible for measuring the distance and keeping track of everything else. We had to surface and yell at each other six times (the group entertainment)! We finally worked out a series of signals for "hey you, pay attention!" (a squeeze on the arm), "stop" (standard signal), "check your depth" (point at the computer). Signalling to continue on, turn left or right, or not run into something are also good. We finally did get it, but that was one of those marriage testing moments.
hmmm, I have never needed a signal for turn left or turn right when navigating a square