- Whilst making the final ascent- always always always watch the ladder intently as you approach. This avoids getting a bouncing I-beam of aluminum inserted violently through your scalp and skull.
Stare and fixate on that ladder as you ascend.
- If the ladder is hinged, watch the pinch points
- Move about the boat deliberately & slowly and use handholds, stay low
- Extend your hand to assist, when one is offered to you, accept it. This is not a signal of your sexual orientation or less than manly status.
- Get all your crap together and keep it tucked-in and away
- Be quiet & listen-up during the dive brief, and stop messing with your stuff. Understand the lines that run around the boat for your assistance.
- Get ready before they tell you to get ready.
- Learn to launch an SMB while hanging at the 15fsw safety stop depth, even more important for sea sick types
- You're in a marine industrial environment, not a Hollywood movie. Watch your toes and fingers.
- MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION :doctor: FOR THOSE PRONE TO SEA SICKNESS:
If you suffer from Mal de Mer, please confirm with the crew as to the location of the "lee side" of the vessel. Place your head outside of a geometric plane that extends upward from the "gunnel" of aforementioned "lee side". {If you did not initiate this search for the said "lee side" in a sufficiently expeditious manner, you have a 1 in 2 chance of finding the proper direction even jn your state of delirium}
Feed the fish, yea and verily.