Scuba Diving Acronyms

[lostreefkw]

ok this is fun and informative!!

 

[lynch]

Very helpful link you shared.. Thank you very much... it is really helpful specially to some one like me new to diving..

 

[codolod]

My instructor for my Navi dive for Advanced when I did it at Uni taught me Big White Rabbits Always F***k (idk if swearing is ok on here....)

Which worked for us since we were a bunch of uni students, and works for me now in that if I'm helping a student (currently a DM trainee but I'm there to answer questions if needed) then even if it's inappropriate to use that acronym it still helps me remember it so I can just think of other ones to use hehe.

Good for young person generation though and gets a bit of a giggle unless they've no sense of humour at all.

 

[Lizard Leg]

Big Women Are Really Fun.

thats how my instructor put it, and I laugh to this day over it.

Mine as well!

 

[scott909]

My instructor told me to remember BWRAF as Bruce Willis ruins all films

This is for the pre-dive safety check :-

B - B.C.D.
W - Weights
R - Releases
A - Air
F - Final Okay

I personally remember it as Begin With Review And Friend.

 

[Adam Grose]

My instructor told me to remember BWRAF as Bruce Willis ruins all films

My OW instructor used "Bangkok Women Rarely Are Fine".

 

[Chaiyz]

Bowlegged Women Really Are Freaks has never left my head. Learned from a DM in 1997 at the days in pool, longwood FL.

 

[diverscubapro]

never mind DD=dork diver, like me

 

[latestartfish]

Thank you so very much!!!

I was just (I mean in the next minute or two) going to do a Google search for scuba acronyms. Then I saw your post. I'm going to the website RIGHT NOW to check it out!! This novice needs as much help as she can get.

LSF


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Hi lynch,

You are the only poster I've seen that is like me--just starting with "None--Not Certified" as the number of dives. Glad I'm not the only "dry" diver enthusiast out there! But that will all change in January 2013... :blinking:

LSF

 

[knotical]

Here’s an updated acronym list:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/blogs/knotical/444-scuba-acronyms.html

It’s a blend of several lists, including those mentioned previously.
Suggestions welcomed.