NAUI Scuba Diver 154 Dive Planning and Recording You must decide on your entry and exit points and your dive pattern. You must both understand the course you will follow and agree on it (figure 6-4). Set your limits for depth, time, and air supply. Decide on your depth and time limits according to your dive tables or dive computer. Decide at what point you will turn around and start toward your exit point. Verify What You Have Learned Review the following questions about conducting your dive: 10. SEA stands for ___________________, ________________________, and ___________________________. 11. The first decision you should make when you reach your dive site is ____________________________. 12. The dive leader is responsible for ______________, _______________, and _______________. 13. You should wait at the surface for your buddy for _____ minutes before signaling for help. 14. You should verify that the telephone closest to your dive site is ___________ before you start your dive. 15. Your activity planning should include setting your limits for _______________, ____________, and _____________. DIVING YOUR PLAN You must carry out the plan you have made for your dive. You must not abandon the dive plan midway through the dive. If something occurs that must cause you to deviate from your plan, surface or even exit long enough to make new plans, rather than to try and change them under water. You and your dive buddy must be in accord when you dive. This is difficult to do even when you agree on your plan before the dive. If one team member varies from the plan, confusion results. Plan ahead when you dive. Remind one another of your depth and time limits, and follow your plan throughout the dive. Accomplishing what you set out to do and ending a dive exactly where you planned is very rewarding. Consider dive planning and the ability to execute your plan as a challenge (figure 6-5). This will add to your enjoyment of the dive and reduce any risks. When you are prepared for a dive, many benefits result, and these benefits are worth the time you take to properly plan and prepare. As you work with others to coordinate your dive, that work will become first easy, then fun. You will find yourself enjoying the preparations involved for the dive as well as the dive itself. Verify What You Have Learned Review the following questions about diving your plan: 16. If one team member varies from the predetermined dive plan, ______________ results. 17. Dive planning and the ability to execute your plan with the desired results is a ______________ and is _____________________ when you achieve your goal. CONTINGENCY PLANNING Contingency planning is an important part of dive planning. For each step of your plan, you need to have a contingency plan. When you choose your site, also choose an alternate site or an alternate activity for the day in case conditions are not right for diving. FIGURE 6-3. WHEN YOU DIVE, CONCENTRATE ON ONLY ONE ACTIVITY. FOR EXAMPLE, UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES GREAT CONCENTRATION TO DO WELL.
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