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Check your local laws. It’s very location dependent. Some states make you tow a dive flag for the entire dive. Not a safety sausage. A dive flag.What are the dive flag requirements for shore dives at the lake? This is in the US. Of course a sausage when you surface, but what is needed during entry and bottom times?
Oh yea, boaters just don't care.i have also heard many stories of boaters that either do not know what it is, or just don't care, and they will head for the flag on purpose. i once had a boat pull up to a dock and go right over my head even though i had a flag with me and was approaching the dock to exit the water.
Oh yea, boaters just don't care.
I don't know the laws in your area, but in the city in which I live, here are the regulations: KMC Chapter 14.20 WATER SKIING, SWIMMING AND DIVINGi have also heard many stories of boaters that either do not know what it is, or just don't care, and they will head for the flag on purpose. i once had a boat pull up to a dock and go right over my head even though i had a flag with me and was approaching the dock to exit the water.
If you ascend under/near your dive flag, then you don't need to deploy your SMB. Correct?What are the dive flag requirements for shore dives at the lake? This is in the Arkansas. Of course a sausage when you surface, but what is needed during entry and bottom times?