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I leave mine in my suitcase. I have been known to snorkel. I've had the same snorkel for 26+ years
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A object that you hang on your wall for decoration.
I have seen people in all sorts of tropical locations practice ooa drills. Not nearly as many as should, but anecdotally, it happens on occasion.Do you see people in Bonaire practicing OOA drills?
Just for the record. The only one stuck in religious believes about diving is you. Maybe travel the world a bit. On the other hand, you always think you know everything. So maybe get Ferrari to hire you so that they can finally win an F1 championship again. ;-)I was not the guide in those caverns. I simply reported what I saw: the guide refused entering a diver who was using frog kicking keeping the knees flexed and the fins well above his head.
The guide did show him the proper trim and kicking style for passing below the coral ceiling.
He did adopt the suggested position and kicking style, and passed succesfully under the coral.
I have seen this scene at least three times in 10 years spent doing holidays at Capo Caccia. The diver being refused access did comply to the suggestion of the guide in all three cases.
My point is that you must accept to adapt your behaviour to local circumstances and regulations, and obey to the DM when he is doing his job, safeguarding delicate marine life.
In a diffetent environment, possibly frog kicking with flexed knees is mandatory.
What is right in a place, is not necessary right in another...
We must be flexible enough for accepting this, when we visit places different than our usual ones.
I do not understand a religious defense of practices which are perfect for the sites where they were developed, but are against rules defined for special local circumstances (or temporary situations as this one caused by Covid-19).
The difference is that the regulation/rule in this case does not seem like a reasonably or sensible request. It is not to protect the marine habitat. It is not a necessary step to adapt to unique dive conditions. It does not even seem to provide any health benefit except in the very unlikely event where 1) an unknown diver runs OOG and 2) that diver goes to an unknown second diver to get air and that diver just happens to be on island and diving with an active covid infection.
In your examples, specific gear or dive modifications are needed to safely dive those sites. That is not the case here.
This is Buddy Dive in Bonaire. Diving doesn't get much less complicated then this.
So to answer @beaverdivers question. If I am traveling with expectations of “instabuddies” (there is the elephant in the room) I could understand needing to adapt gear accordingly. Since I don’t do instabuddy dives, I would avoid any dive op that required me to adapt my gear when diving solo or with my husband as buddy.
While diving non-professionally, I've only once had to give air to someone not my buddy. The idiot just ran his tank down and looked for someone nearby.The difference is that the regulation/rule in this case does not seem like a reasonably or sensible request. It is not to protect the marine habitat. It is not a necessary step to adapt to unique dive conditions. It does not even seem to provide any health benefit except in the very unlikely event where 1) an unknown diver runs OOG and 2) that diver goes to an unknown second diver to get air and that diver just happens to be on island and diving with an active covid infection.
In your examples, specific gear or dive modifications are needed to safely dive those sites. That is not the case here.
This is Buddy Dive in Bonaire. Diving doesn't get much less complicated then this.
So to answer @beaverdivers question. If I am traveling with expectations of “instabuddies” (there is the elephant in the room) I could understand needing to adapt gear accordingly. Since I don’t do instabuddy dives, I would avoid any dive op that required me to adapt my gear when diving solo or with my husband as buddy.
???Just for the record. The only one stuck in religious believes about diving is you. Maybe travel the world a bit. On the other hand, you always think you know everything. So maybe get Ferrari to hire you so that they can finally win an F1 championship again. ;-)
I am referring to our mouths and the bugs that cohabitate in them. I cannot fathom the mouth piece coming out of someone's mouth and do to the recipient OOD diver as being sterile in any fashion.@SnowmanI thought most of them were anti-bacterial nowadays.
There is such a thing as fecal transplants, that can be life saving for some people with antibiotic resistant infection. Gives an entirely new meaning to give a sh*t... There is also such a thing as ear wax transplant from one person to another which helps treat chronic external ear infections. So getting someone else’s oral bacteria especially in a situation of emergency is not that big of a deal Many are concerned about COVID and maybe rightfully so. However, there are Herpes, HPV and other things that once you get may cause a lifelong infection and probably more likely than corona to stick on the moist surface longer.