Diver Down Flag in Texas
Texas Sec. 31.1021. OPERATING VESSELS IN SCUBA DIVING OR SNORKELING AREAS. (a)No person may operate a vessel within 50 feet of a buoy or of another vessel displaying a diver down flag that marks an area in which a person is scuba diving or snorkeling. (b)No person may operate a vessel at a speed greater than the minimum speed necessary to maintain steerageway and headway while the vessel is within 150 feet of a buoy or a vessel displaying a diver down flag that marks an area in which a person is...
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Diver Down Flag in Alabama
Alabama Chapter 220-6 (3) The diver’s flag shall not be less than 300 Milliliters (12 inches) square, colored red with a white two-inch strip running diagonally from the top staff corner to the bottom fly corner and shall be prominently displayed and visible from all directions and kept within a 15.2 meters (50 foot) radius of divers when said divers are in the water. EVERYONE SHOULD VERIFY THE ALABAMA STATUTE IS VALID AND HAS NOT CHANGED!!!...
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Skin and Scuba Diver Down Flag in North Carolina
North Carolina § 75A-13.1. Skin and scuba divers. (a)No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving in the waters of this State that are open to boating, or assist in such diving, without displaying a diver’s flag from a mast, buoy, or other structure at the place of diving; and no person shall display such flag except when diving operations are under way or in preparation. (b)The diver’s flag shall be square, not less than 12 inches on a side, and shall be of red background with a diagon...
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Water Temps!!!
If you have an interest in determining what the ocean water temp. is where you may be going diving, N.O.A.A. has a website you can explore. It’s NOAA National Data Buoy Center. When you go to that website, you will see a map of the globe, along with many, many, many, red and yellow triangles. Enlarge the image for the area you want to check and click on one of the yellow triangles. Many of those buoys give the water temp., along with other information....
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Diver Down Flag in Florida
Just for your information!!! When I give lecture content to ANY LEVEL scuba diving student here in Florida, included in that content is the legal requirements for a Diver Down Flag. Florida Statute 327.331, provides the technical information describing the physical size of the flag for a personal flotation buoy, as well as for a vessel or structure. That statute also includes information as to when; where and how the flag is to be displayed. You can read the statute and make a hard copy for your...
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