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SMB/DSMB Deployment Distinctive Specialty

Overview

This course is designed to be an introduction for the safe use of Surface Marker Buoy’s (SMB) and Delayed Surface Marker Buoy’s (DSMB). The course will help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and methods necessary for deploying SMB’s and DSMB’s safely when diving.

The purpose of the SMB/DSMB Diver Distinctive Specialty course is to provide divers with the techniques, hazards, emergency procedures and the different international protocols associated with SMB’s and DSMB’s. The last couple of years have seen a rise in diver accidents caused by divers incorrectly deploying delayed surface marker buoys or being hit by boats when on the surface. By learning the methods and the scenarios to use either the SMB or DSMB the risk of a diver accident will be greatly reduced.

Prerequisites

Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another organisation)
12 years Old

Objectives

Why use a DSMB / SMB?
Tides and currents
Types of Surface Marker Buoy
Types of reels
Methods of delayed SMB deployment
Risks and Hazards of SMB use
Preparing the delayed SMB for use

Certification

Upon successfully completing this course, you will receive the PADI Distinctive SMB/DSMB Deployment specialty certification card. Certification can be used as one of the five specialties required for Master Diver certification.

Divers are required to have their own Reel and DSMB