A surface marker buoy, SMB, dive float or simply a blob is a buoy used by scuba divers, at the end of a line from the diver, intended to indicate the...
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Marker buoy may refer to: Surface marker buoy used by divers A floating sea mark A light- or smoke-emitting buoy used in naval warfare This disambiguation...
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their ascents. Surface marker buoys are taken on dives by scuba divers to mark their positions underwater. Dive site demarcation buoys indicate that divers...
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and not float away. A delayed or deployable surface marker buoy (DSMB), also known a decompression buoy, is a soft inflatable tube that is attached to...
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Professional Association of Diving Instructors (redirect from PADI Delayed Surface Marker Buoy Diver)
the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024. "Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) Diver". www.padi.com. Retrieved 3 March 2024. "Peak Performance...
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Diver communications (section Surface marker buoys)
Inflatable surface marker buoy marked with diving flag Delayed surface marker buoy with diver at the surface A diver preparing to inflate a delayed surface marker...
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Distance line (section Line markers)
the dive. An open water diver using the distance line only for a surface marker buoy may only need 50 metres (160 feet), whereas a cave diver may use...
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Diving equipment (redirect from Surface detection aid)
current. Surface marker buoy, which indicates the position of the divers to people at the surface. DSMB - (Delayed, or deployable surface marker buoy), or...
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Decompression practice (redirect from Surface decompression)
is effective for keeping the divers together during long stops. A surface marker buoy (SMB) with a reel and line is often used by a dive leader to allow...
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the surface marker line. There may be local rules pertaining to the use of surface marker buoys. In some parts of the world, surface marker buoys alone...
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