SCUBA Colloquialisms and acronyms

[Deefstes]

"Smuggling oysters": when you surface after a dive with snot in your mask

Haha. I love that one! I remember the skipper telling a diver once that she had a nudibranch on her cheek.

 

[maged_mmh]

just funny (no offense for PADI):
PADI:
Professional Association of Dive Instructors.
Put Another Dollar In.
Pay And Dive Immediately.
Patches Available During Instruction.
Produce Another Dumb Instructor.
Patch and Dollar Industry.
Patches And Decals Included.
Pissed-off Another Dive Instructor.
The largest certifying agency in the U.S.A.

 

[Supershark]

BWRAF- Bangkok Women Really Are Fellas
STAN- S**t That Ain't Nothin (diver who has always done somthing more than you)
ATGNO- All The Gear No Idea
OWCD- Open Water Course Director (new diver who knows everything)
PM- Professional Moaner (will complain about everything)
PADI- Pay And Die Immediately

 

[Sue J]

DIP. A participant in a Divemaster Internship Program. As in, "There were two instructors and a dip on the dive."

 

[Clammy]

Elevator button - reference to a diver's inflator when they can't achieve neutral buoyancy and is constantly filling or dumping their BC.

 

[GrandpaScuba]

SSBA: as I understand it, it is hookah diving but I don't know what it stands for!
..

Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus

 

[Paco]

I apologize if this is a repeat because I did not the time to read all 7 pages. For our club charter dives we had a DIC for the dive to take care of who would be coming and get beverages, etc. The DIC was the Diver In Charge.

 

[kanonfodr]

I apologize if this is a repeat because I did not the time to read all 7 pages. For our club charter dives we had a DIC for the dive to take care of who would be coming and get beverages, etc. The DIC was the Diver In Charge.

Diver In Charge...that's what she said.

BS: Bottle Sucker, certified diver
Wetsuit Filler: Human Body. Can be classified with adjectives ie "She has as great wetsuit filler."