With this plus your "flashing 5's" method of showing leftover air, you seem to have this thing for convoluted hand signals. :mooner:
If I don't see a buddy for whatever reason, I turn to my other one (usually dive in a team of 3) and just go "question -- 3?"
We haven't even gotten into the convoluted ones I use my hands a lot when I speak on the surface and it goes underwater with me My regular dive buddies can tell the difference between when I'm talking to them and when I'm using my hands to talk to myself underwater I'm flexible in the hand signal department, like I said my long winded conversations underwater aren't for everyone but they steady my head letting me think my way through problems. That's why I like to do a hand signal review as part of the pre-dive buddy check, I find out what the other diver likes to use and run with it.
Come out and dive with me, it's entertainment if nothing else. I promise to behave with the hand signals
Ber :lilbunny: