Scuba hand signals....list?

[wgw04024]

Hi,

Does anyone know where there might be a list in page form, or booklet, or poster, of the various hand signals used for scuba? I'm taking a trip with my family in March back to Bonaire (i've already been myself once), and the other 3 have varying degrees of scuba experience. I was thinking one thing that would make this trip safer and alot more comfortable, would be if we all could memorize a list of scuba signs to communicate with eachother underwater more than just the basic few. I have thought of a numberous ones that make sense to me, then thought maybe I'm recreating the wheel.

Thoughts?

Regards,
Bill

 

[tursiops]

Look in your OW training manual.

 

[wgw04024]

I did it online....

 

[Neilwood]

Not wanting to be short or discourteous with my reply but - let google do the work.

 

[wgw04024]

I did. No offense taken.

 

[knotical]

http://www.wrstc.com/downloads/12 - Common Hand Signals.pdf

 

[CptTightPants21]

I would pick up a couple of wrist slates, makes things a whole lot easier for people that don't dive together a lot and/or are new.

Hand signals that might need to know or should have some basis for communicating
1. Rise and level off at X depth
2. Shoot a lift bag
3. Which Way
4. Turn Around/Go back
5. What Compass Heading (more of just a clarification--how would they communicate something like 275 degrees)
6. How are you expressing air--by 5s, thousands method, hundreds, etc
7. A few wildlife hand signals like shark, lion fish
8. Signal for Boat
9. 3ft safety stop
10. Signal for show me again or do it again
11. You lead, I follow
12. Something is wrong

Google scuba hand signals you will get a lot of links with diagrams.

 

[Steve_C]

Keep the list short. Also if it anything besides level off for safety stop, thumb the dive, out of air, I am ok, do them slow and after the diver has the other divers attention. Sometimes divers flash me a sign/signs quickly and it has the effect of getting my attention but I miss some of the hand signal. Especially if they string three of them in a quick series.

 

[Johanan]

If you give me your email, I could mail you some.

 

[Patoux01]

These may not be the most taught ones in rec scuba, but may give you a bit of thinking material.
http://www.swiss-cave-diving.ch/PDF-dateien/cavediving-signals.pdf