Best Diver Check In System

[merxlin]

There has been a lot of discussion about an adequate (i.e. safe and effective 99.999% of the time) system for making sure all divers are on a boat before it leaves the dive site. Which of these systems would you feel safest with, and more importantly adhere to (that means no bitching about it to the boat captain or circumventing the system) knowing it is for your own safety?

Would you pay extra for a boat that used a more expensive electronic system?

 

[Web Monkey]

There has been a lot of discussion about an adequate (i.e. safe and effective 99.999% of the time) system for making sure all divers are on a boat before it leaves the dive site. Which of these systems would you feel safest with, and more importantly adhere to (that means no bitching about it to the boat captain or circumventing the system) knowing it is for your own safety?

DAN Tags with Sign Out/Sign In.

Would you pay extra for a boat that used a more expensive electronic system?

No.

Terry

 

[Garrobo]

Yell out: "Is everyone on board?"

 

[robint]

we have used dive boats (in Calif) where they did a roll call and tank or head count and it worked well because the boats are so large and 30+ divers. In Keys a few years back we had tags that had to be turned in when we returned from dive plus a roll call.

Usually we are on smaller boats or liveaboards... small boats you know if someone is missing. On the liveaboards we have done everyone signs in and out on a board and the DMs count tanks before the boat leaves the site. They get to know you much better that way and know if someone is missing and why. (In Palau we had one guy who barely breathed and was last on the boat every dive! So the rest of us were back on boat...DM would say "waiting for Shawn again, there's his bubbles, he's doing his safety stop...")


Never had a problem.
And no I would not pay extra for fancy equipment to track divers.

 

[Blackwood]

Yell out: "Is everyone on board?"

I prefer "Raise your hand if you're not here."

 

[captndale]

No one procedure is likely to work with all operations. On my boat I make sure I see all divers on the boat before the boat moves, but I only take 6 divers. It is a large boat, however, (42 ft.) so there are lots of places people can be. I have to check the different decks, cabins and the head before I know we have everyone. I tried to use tags for a while but those introduced more problems than they solved.

 

[muddiver]

Brass tags have been in use in the mining industry for years and it works really well. The issuse I have read on this board with it stems from the use of inadiquate methods of attaching the tags to the divers when leaving the boat. If snap links or those really big safety pin clips are used, the tags will stay on the diver and not get lost during the dive.

Any missing tag should be followed by a roll-call and diver to manifest check "face to face".

 

[Scott M]

Simple answer, the diver keeps the payment for the day with them while they dive. Guaranteed they get everyone back onboard one way or another.


I have a friend that goes by some advise he read here on the forums a long time ago. He tears a ten in half and gives half to the DM when he gets on the boat and says you get the other half at the end of the dive.

I think a tag system and manafest combo would be a great step in the right direction. Nothing is fool proof but leaving a diver behind is completely unacceptable.

 

[merxlin]

........ I tried to use tags for a while but those introduced more problems than they solved.

Can you tell us what the problems were?

 

[Clammy]

Simple answer, the diver keeps the payment for the day with them while they dive. Guaranteed they get everyone back onboard one way or another.


I have a friend that goes by some advise he read here on the forums a long time ago. He tears a ten in half and gives half to the DM when he gets on the boat and says you get the other half at the end of the dive.

I think a tag system and manafest combo would be a great step in the right direction. Nothing is fool proof but leaving a diver behind is completely unacceptable.

The Federal Reserves has been wondering why there are so many taped up 10 dollar bills floating around!