So I'm getting back into diving after many years away from the sport. I've been practicing my skills in a calm familiar pond and I feel ready to head back into the ocean. I never even considered bothering with a flag back in the 80's but now I'm told the authorities in my area are likely to fine a diver without a flag. So I stopped in to my LDS,the same place I got certified,and picked up a dive flag. It's the type that looks like a lobster trap buoy with 100' of nylon line wrapped around a flat plastic line holder. The line holder has a loop of webbing to go on a harness strap with a plastic snap buckle to take it off and on. This thing looks like a real drag (you see what I did there).
My question is whether there is a standard way to manage one of these things or is it as simple as it looks. Just pay out some line and drag it around.
My question is whether there is a standard way to manage one of these things or is it as simple as it looks. Just pay out some line and drag it around.