Unofficial Diving Dictionary

[Cacia]

unicycle divers

no bouyancy control yet...they swim verticaly and are usually bug-eyed.

 

[grassyknoll]

Cowboy : Large, usually over weight and unfit, 5 dives per year tourist diver who makes it a point to show the shortcomings of others (individuals, cultures, customs and countries) to deflect and defer from his own inability and understanding to dive safely. Often accompanied by Mrs Cowboy (often quiet) and one or two teenage cowboys in training (often ashamed looking) Also see Buckaroo

I have seen these from time to time, the ones I have encountered have an annoying habit of always seeming to have the latest and greatest gear-titanium regs and air integrated computers to dive twice a year to 60' in the tropics.

Rinse Tank / n. A vessel designed to take the properties of both mask-defog (soap) and salt water and effectively mix them together.

Camera Rinse Tank / n. Has all the properties of the standard Rinse Tank, yet also effectively identifies illiterate divers.

Save-A-Dive Kit / n. A collection of items designed to reduce the likelihood of gear failure down to the point where the only items that will fail are those not contained in the kit.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Save-A-Dive Kit / n. A collection of items designed to reduce the likelihood of gear failure down to the point where the only items that will fail are those not contained in the kit.

When items not contained in the kit decide to go bad, it's also known as a Scrub-A-Dive Kit

(Not that I'm speaking from experience, or anything! :shakehead

 

[Meng_Tze]

unicycle divers

no bouyancy control yet...they swim verticaly and are usually bug-eyed.

as opposed to:
Dog Cycle Divers is a semi-fetus attitude fluttering. They often seem in trim, but primeval brain function can not cope with 'bottomless' depth, hence the retraction to fetal behavior.

Variant: Waving Dog Cycle above mentioned diver with (uncontroled) waving arm and hand signals often confusing other divers in proximity. (no- there is really nothing to see there)

 

[ScubaMilo]

INSTA BUDDY- The guy who can't find a friend to join him on his dive(this should be a clue) AKA the guy the divemaster will stick you and your buddy with if you can't muster the courage to say NO!!. Sometimes a great buddy waiting to be met, but more often than not an accident wating to ruin your dive.

Milo

 

[Meng_Tze]

Balancing Buddy Formally known as Insta Buddy who's sole purpose it is to provide additional gas for balancing purposes. (there is a thread on this here on SB)

 

[CrawfishDiver]

gringo stop the last dive site in cozumel that always ends strangely close to the hotel

 

[CrawfishDiver]

fish feeder - the sick green colored woman on the boat that will attract all the pretty fishes using her lunch

 

[h90]

Biopren: the natural insulation against cold water on the belly. Mostly produced by MacDonalds or Heineken.

 

[TSandM]

Canister light: A hideously expensive form of underwater flashlight, exquisitely designed to fail at the moment when it is needed most.

Underwater camera: A photographic device which hasn't flooded yet.

Drysuit: A temporary condition.

Dry gloves: Ditto. (Unless you have the Viking rings I have )

DIR: A term which guarantees you a 20 page thread on Scubaboard.

Oxygen: What reporters are convinced all tanks are filled with.