I'm sorry if I sound like and idiot but...
Are there any precautions that divers can/should take around divers are are spear fishing?
During a shore dive a few weeks ago, our group encountered a pair of divers carrying spearguns. Our courses crossed only for a brief moment. The spearfishing pair went their way and we went ours.
I have to admit that I felt a little uncomfortable thinking of the possibility that someone could be pointing a speargun in our direction just out of vis range. Am I being paranoid? I must admit I know nothing of spearguns or spearfishing.
Is there a protocol that spearfishers follow, or saftey mechanisms built into spearguns, that make accidents such unlikely?
Are there any precautions that divers can/should take around divers are are spear fishing?
During a shore dive a few weeks ago, our group encountered a pair of divers carrying spearguns. Our courses crossed only for a brief moment. The spearfishing pair went their way and we went ours.
I have to admit that I felt a little uncomfortable thinking of the possibility that someone could be pointing a speargun in our direction just out of vis range. Am I being paranoid? I must admit I know nothing of spearguns or spearfishing.
Is there a protocol that spearfishers follow, or saftey mechanisms built into spearguns, that make accidents such unlikely?