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All of my diving is in SE Asia, mostly in current-rich Indonesia. With a moderate swell, the boat is moves up and down about 1 meter and a diver has one free hand. It appeared to me that the divers needed much assistance to get their gear unclipped, remove fins, and more importantly, handing off the two tanks to the dive deck. The deck is high off the sea surface and with only a meter swell, it difficult to board the ladder and carry tanks.
We have had a staff/crew member go into the water helping unclipped gear and another staff assist on the deck moving cylinders. In this scenario, the sea conditions are not calm. A 1+m swell accompanied my moderate currents. With such conditions, most back mount divers will walk up the ladder kitted up.
Good point about side mount training vs setup. I stand corrected if I conflated training with set-up.
We have had a staff/crew member go into the water helping unclipped gear and another staff assist on the deck moving cylinders. In this scenario, the sea conditions are not calm. A 1+m swell accompanied my moderate currents. With such conditions, most back mount divers will walk up the ladder kitted up.
Good point about side mount training vs setup. I stand corrected if I conflated training with set-up.