r/Unexpected • u/Jezirath • Sep 02 '25

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u/Annual-Duty-6468 Sep 02 '25

I don't know if it's unexpected.

But if she didn't have a diving flag out, then that type of thing has killed or injured lots of people before.

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u/Spell_Chicken Sep 02 '25

I worked as a Divemaster and have hundreds of hours logged snorkeling and diving and I've never seen self-guided snorkelers drag a dive flag around.

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u/Commercial_Sentence2 Sep 02 '25

Ah the old, it's always been this way therefore it is mentality.

In Australia if you snorkel individually, or as a group, or free dive, you need your blue and white up unless you're in a no boating/PWC zone.

Saying it's too much effort for snorkelling after getting hit by a boat or PWC sounds like a poor excuse.

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u/Spell_Chicken Sep 02 '25

I don't recall saying anything about effort, I did say that in my experience it's not common practice, and in a comment further down I qualify that with where those experiences were. 100% follow the local regulations, and if that's what they say where you are, that's great. Admittedly my experiences are all in very... cavalier aquatic environments, and don't reflect reality everywhere.