Larry Wedgewood Scuba Diving Instruction

The Buddy System

Lesson 6

The Buddy System

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The Buddy System In recreational diving, you don’t dive alone, but use the buddy system. The buddy system is diving with another diver or divers in a team that provides shared assistance and safety benefits. It is so integral to recreational diving that your training includes the buddy system from the start. You and your buddy: Plan your dives together. Help each other gear up and check each other’s equipment. Remind each other of dive time and depth limits. Assist each other if there’s a problem. Assist each other with what each wants to do on the dive.

Watch the video above and then answer the quiz questions below

Quick Quiz

Module One

Water Pressure and Air Volume Effects

The Effects of Increasing Pressure on Body Air Spaces Topic 2 of 6

The Effects of Decreasing Pressure on Body Air Spaces Topic 3 of 6

Breathing Underwater

Buoyancy and Controlling Buoyancy Topic 5 of 6

The Buddy System

Choosing and Caring for Scuba Equipment

Dive Masks

Snorkles

Fins

Scuba Kit

BCD (Buoyancy Control Device)

Regulators

Scuba Cylinders

Weight Systems

How to Defog Your Mask

Setting Up Your Scuba Kit

Inflating and Deflating Your BCD

Gearing Up With Your Buddy(ies)

Breathing Underwater

Hand Signals

Regulator Clearing

Regulator Recovery

Clearing Water Out of Your Mask

Managing Your Air Supply

Descending and Equalizing

Swimming Underwater

Alternate Air Source (AAS) User

Ascents and Returning to the Surface

Emergency Weight Drop

BCD Oral Inflation at the Surface

Exiting the Water

After the Dive

Knowledge Review One

Module One Quiz

Course Complete