Most USEFUL Diving Signals 👌🏿👍🏽🤙🏼 FOR BEGINNERS 

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My favourite dive sign is „how much air?“. My girlfriend and I use it at home for „Do you want another coffee?“. Okay, so we‘re caffeine addicts, now what? ☕️ 😁

Good reminder 🤙🏽🙏🏽

I had to look for a while before I could find a video of scuba signals that wasn’t shot, for absolutely no reason, underwater. Thank you.

Such a great video! Our personal favorite is "Mind Blown". Two hands exploding off the top of your head when you see something incredible that just blows your mind. 😊

I think that this video is not only useful for beginners. It is a good reminder and also teaches people signs that they do not use in their area, because they dont have these species or because they use BAR and not PSI...

Great video Sarah.. I learned a few more signals from you which helps loads

I knew of at least 3 distinct ways of signalling how much gas you have; now you've given me a fourth. Always good to get the local method clear before you get in the water! Another sign I find useful is the hooked index finger making a question mark '?'. So many times I see people give the OK just because they don't know how to say 'I don't understand', or 'give me that again'. Oh and another useful one for night dives: you can use your torch to illuminate your hand when you sign. Otherwise no one will know what you're trying to say, or even that you're signing at all! Fun video as always.

Another good video. Always enjoy your content.

you are so helpful ahahah. I will be starting my scuba dive path soon and your videos are great!

Great video, tnx a lot!

Good points sarah. I have had to use both uk imperial and metric systems i my life. But most thesdays dont know imperial systems. Dont forget rope signals they are also very usefull. Good video sarah

Love you

Really helpful with the deco sign as I never knew how to signal it before I use to just show my buddy my computer

Thanx

Remember! If you are signaling with the torch at a night dive do NOT wave it to people's faces. Watch the angle so you won't blind your guide or other divers around you

Nice video. Us tech divers avoid the thumbs up for going up. That's reserved for ending ("calling") the dive. In a cave, thumbs up means "we're turning back and exiting the cave with expedience, no discussion". Going shallower would be holding the hand flat (palm down) and moving it up with a little out and in motion, after which you'd signal which depth you want to move to (using number signs). We also like to signal one-handed to keep the other hand free for a light, spool or air share. So for signals that require two hands we have alternative one-handed ones. A useful signal for beginners can be holding up your closed fist. This means Hold or Stop. Maybe they're stressed and you want them to stop and think or you want them to hold still while you fix an equipment problem, etc. Can be preceded by pointing at the person you want to hold.

I used to go pool n chatting w my friends with sign language (ASL) cause we all deaf lol that was fun 😊

thanks for the info! always good to brush up on signals. I suggest to invest in a mic and not rely on cam audio cause of the echo as you all continue to make these great vids!

My favorite hand signal? Jazz Hands.

I always have such a great time when I watch your videos jajaja That sound was a parrot or what? Anyway keep going with the great content!

Hi, My favorits are the marinlife signals like octopus. Because it is for fun basically:)

Thanks Dude for the great explanation! Cool & attractive thoughts ! More Hugs Sara from Argentina 🇦🇷 See ya

My favorite signal is biological in nature. It is also the ASL sign. Do the signal for surface (fist with thumb pointed up), grab that thumb with your other hand and slide upwards with the second hand. POOOOOP! I gotta poop! Hahaha Great info! Keep making vids

Great video , p.s you have such a cute smile

Your cuttlefish sign is my sign for bearded toad fish. Mostly because we don't have cuttlefish in Utila! Region to Region!

I’ve also seen guides tapping their computer with two fingers (similar to the “how much air”-question) to ask about your remaining no decompression time.

I always get 210 tanks, I felt so lucky! 5:20 . That barracuda signal is amazing 9:55 I just saw one on my last dive! I´ll use it next time! 11:30 my favorite signal is give me air, it´s literally a scuba kiss JAJAJA. Excellent video as always! Gretings to my friend Itor! See ya next time. what is your favorite signal? I´ll make rescue course soon do you have any recommendation for me? Sorry for my english it is not my first language. 13:28 that bird wanted to show it favorite signal too. JAJAJA

Shark is a very important signal here in Durban, South Africa 🦈😂I use it as a spearfisherman. 😎

Back in the pool for some more learning tonight.....struggling with being mask free and only breathing through my reg

I find the signal for a tuna really funny, where you do like opening a can.

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The thumbs up one can be "interesting". In tec circles, that's the universal sign for "cancel the dive". In general, single handed signals FTW! Especially numbers. Nothing like trying to signal 8 with both hands while you're holding a reel in one hand and a camera in the other.

good luck doing your hand signals with 3-finger gloves in under 1ft viz! ;)

Elizabeth shaw, prometheus. Lol another world scuba.

I was taught the "arm method". Thousands on the arm and we used both hands for the hundreds. It is pretty quick and simple IHO.

I always get the thumbs up confused between "okay" 👌and "going up" 👌

I make a fish swimming motion with my hand in a direction to tell my buddy we will swim this way.

Now you have me curious about the non-PG hand signals, LOL

Just a note on the response to the deco signal (extended pinky). The appropriate response is to signal back the amount of time you need to complete your deco obligation; its not used to signal back how much time you have left before you go into deco. I’m not sure that was clear in your video. Thanks for the great content!!

And one more reason bhy bar is better than psi is for couning pressure underwater. At 10m the pressure is 2 bar and at 60m its 7 bar and so on.

My favorite signal is 👎each time that i go to dive 😉

I always get the thumbs up confused between "okay" 👌 and "going up" 👍. I have always liked the hand signals of lion fish.

Give us the non PG dive signals now! Haha

Do I ever hate it when a DM ask for my air pressure, it's in psi so well into the 4 digit and I never know what to do(still don't) especially since THEY are expecting bars and I'm not about to convert psi to bars in my head while on a dive, so I just give the OK signal. If they insist I give them the ok again and so on until I get fed up... then they'll get the FY hand signal, THAT one is universal lol.

Weights ? I need more weight ?

🤘CESA?

The metric system is for everybody else. I like our system

We aren’t gonna talk about the no air signal?!

& kneeling

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I would swap the 👌 with the 👍 and use index and middle finger to point where to go or👆 to go up for example..but i guess its too late for that.. just to make sure to use unique signals which people are not using for other stuff in real life.. my 2 cents.. favourite signal is obv this 🤙

An important one is "abort the dive" - forearms crossed followed by two thumbs up. This means we are aborting the dive, no questions asked. And with that comes the important rule - any diver can call off any dive at any time for any reason.

You kinda funny

When I casually forget something on the boat - wiggle my left tit *left it* make boat sign. Left it on the boat. Stop sign - finger in a hole I'm make with the other hand then make a circle - stop fucking around. Used that with DMTs a bit.🤣🤣

Don’t waste time on tank air numbers. If you have enough air, just give a 👌 after you look at your spg. If you are running low, maybe then give a number. Imagine having to go through a group of ten people, asking for tank numbers.

All these problems are solved with Auslan.

Did anyone mention the ..."Come here A--hole" sign ? It was a joke among many of us in the "Industry" back in the good old days

No metric system for America Leave the Chacka to Hawaii This is not for beginners!

My favorite is bullshit 🤣🐃💩

Metric...no....just no