Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) Diver

Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) Diver course

$400

About the Course

Launching a delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB) before you surface can alert others to your location in advance of your ascent. Adding another layer of safety, you can also use the DSMB line to complete your safety stop, which is advantageous in a current or when there are no other visual references. Take this course to learn about all the beneficial uses of a DSMB.

Learn How to

  • Dive with a DSMB
  • Properly deploy a DSMB
  • Tie off marker buoys underwater
  • Use and place marker buoys as reference points

Take This Course If You Want to

  • Learn about common types of DSMB along with the reels used to control them
  • Make yourself present to overhead traffic, such as boats
  • Use marker buoys when drift diving
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How to Dive with a Delayed Surface Marker Buoy

Overview

Many divers wouldn't think of diving without carrying a delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB), and in some locations it's considered required safety equipment. Knowing how to properly deploy and manage a DSMB are valuable skills learned in this course.

Prerequisites

  • Minimum age: 12
  • Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification)

PADI eLearning

No eLearning available.

With Your Instructor

During the two training dives, you'll practice: - Preparing and stowing your DSMB and reel. - Deploying the DSMB from a stationary position and from mid-water. - Swimming while towing a DSMB and managing the reel and line. - Making a safety stop using the DSMB line.

Time commitment: 1 day

After This Course

The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification - ask your instructor about earning credit. Each PADI Specialty you complete gets you one step closer to earning the elite Master Scuba Diver rating.

Junior Divers

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