These Scuba Diving Hand Signals are used by most Scuba Divers. Scuba Diving Hand Signals are shown by PADI Platinum Course Director Marcel van den Berg and these Scuba Diving Hand Signals are used in the PADI IDC, Divemaster, recreational scuba diving courses and fun diving.
Timestamps and chapters for key moments in this video:
00:00 Intro
00:06 Ok signal
00:22 Something is wrong with the ears
00:36 Something is wrong with the stomach
00:50 Puke
01:05 Stop signal
01:15 Slow down
01:30 Come closer
01:48 Have more distance
02:06 Buddy up signal
02:20 Come together
02:31 Have more distance between each other
02:45 Sit on your knees
02:57 Stand on your legs
03:10 Remember signal
03:22 Cut
03:33 Continue
03:45 Repeat signal
03:58 Go up signal
04:12 Go down signal
04:25 Breathe in and out
04:40 Out of air signal
04:55 What is your air signal
05:19 100 bar
05:27 110 bar
05:30 120 bar
05:33 130 bar
05:36 140 bar
05:40 150 bar
05:46 160 bar
05:49 170 bar
05:53 180 bar
06:01 190 bar
06:07 90 bar
06:14 80 bar
06:17 70 bar
06:20 60 bar
06:26 Low on air, 50 bar
06:32 40 bar
06:39 30 bar
06:44 20 bar
06:47 10 bar
06:54 Looking signal
07:17 Inflate your BCD a bit
07:36 Deflate your BCD
08:01 Swimming signal
08:20 Swim up
08:36 Best deflate position
09:04 Proper way to go down
We wrote a full article explaining most common scuba diving hand signals. Please read it here:
https://www.scubadivingtips.net/scuba-diving-hand-signals.html
If you want to be a good or even the best PADI Scuba Diving Instructor or Divemaster then you need to give good and strong Scuba Diving Hand Signals under the water to communicate clearly with your scuba diving students.
Differences between good and bad scuba diving hand signals to give as a dive professional:
Bad scuba diving hand signals:
-Weak/soft hand signals (fun divers and students don't take these scuba signals seriously)
-To strong/aggressive scuba diving hand signals (can scare the fun diver or student, diving is supposed to be fun)
Good scuba diving hand signals:
-Right in between a strong and weak hand signal like shown in this YouTube video
-Long enough to be seen
-Friendly scuba diving hand signals
There are no standards on how a scuba diving hand signal has to be given. That is the reason why you sometimes see slightly different scuba diving signals depending on location and Divemaster, PADI Instructor or Diver.
A small difference in a signal, for example "more distance in between divers" might not be that bad, but if a buddy team uses very different scuba diving hand signals for air/gas consumption that can be dangerous. In other words it is very important to always go over the hand signals used on that scuba dive before the scuba dive. Especially with new people or scuba diving students.
If you are taking your PADI Divemaster or PADI IDC course then it's important to have realistic scuba diving hand signals. You can have slightly different signals, but it has to come close to what it means. Like for example: PADI Staff won't like it if you start flapping your hands like a bird to introduce that you have 70 bar air/gas left. But they do accept different scuba diving signals for 70 bar as long as they are serious and commonly used.
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