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> > I don't have the photo in front of me now, but I seem to recall that he is > carrying some type of flares. > > I carry a big safety sausage and a loud whistle when I do open water drift > dives, and both have been very useful when surfacing in heavy swells. Flares > would be a great thing to carry, or smoke bombs. "SKYBLASTER" makes water proof > mini flares for boaters that are small, bright and safe. I'm sure that they are > not pressure proof, though. Anyone have info on a smoke bomb or flare that is > suitable for diving? the mini flares you have mentioned are quite water proof and pressure proof. we carry two each on every dive. i have dived two past 300 feet on two dives and then to 358 on the third dive (not the same day :-)).. these were one week apart and the flares stayed in my bcd pocket the whole time.. both fired when tested. we have used about forty of these over the last year and had only one dud, and it actually worked just didn't go as high when we tested it. we started fireing them after every dive to be safe but have gone to every third dive now... we have a few that we are keeping to see just how far they will go before compromising. why two? the first one we shoot straight up, if the boat captain misses that one we fire the second on right <<at>> him !! aloha, dp
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