The Dive Flag

We have always maintained that the H.E.L.P. was designed to help out divers with getting seen when they surface from a dive. However the flags do get used for a number of different reasons. One guy asked if he could buy one for his boat, he uses it to signal when he has his lobster [...]

Yesterday we decided it would be a bit of a boost for the flag to put out a Press Release telling the world of its existence. Lets face facts there are a few million divers in the world and the site has only so far been seen by a small number.
From this exercise there were [...]

We spend a lot of time looking around for information on getting rescued at sea and lost divers who have been found and made it back to shore safely.

OK so we know it is extending and we know that it is compact we even know that it is a flag for people who are in a situation where they need to get attention and get seen. However we also know that there are lots of other uses for the dive flag, some funny, some stupid and some are really quite helpful……..OK maybe one or two are quite helpful.

I was listening to a young girl in a dive store the other day and her Dad being an avid diver was looking around at all the different items in the shop and one of those items happened to have a massive sign across the front that simply read SCUBA Gear. Now I know it [...]

Reading a story on the Irish Times website about an 18 year old hill walker who was rescued from a mountain side by a coast guard helicopter.
Now this guy was lucky to be seen and is not the first hillwalker to go missing of late, the high profile disappearance of a British backpacker, Richard Cass, [...]

Yes we finally did it we managed to get our beloved camera man to get off the dry land and on the boat so we could see the Dive Flag in action!
While we were shooting the below video there was a moment where we sent the two divers off under the waves so we could [...]

It never completely surprises me when I see news stories about how people take their lives as other peoples responsibility but a story I read on the BBC website I have to say shocked me a little.
Two couples and a one year old baby were on a speed boat that broke down off the coast [...]

In Dorset England one of the top Scallop divers around was rescued last week after getting caught in a drift and finding himself over 3 miles from the meeting point he had prearranged with his boat.

When the dive flag was designed it was done so with the scuba community in mind and it would seem that it has struck a cord with this group as we have had some great feedback. However we know that there are a number of other uses for the dive flag.