If you are a diver you should know
that changes were recently made to the state’s diver-down flag requirement that
provide more ways for divers to stay safe from boats.
As of July 1st, divers can now display a buoy with a
series of divers-down symbols as an alternative to the traditional divers-down
flag.
The buoy can be three or
four-sided and must have a divers-down symbol of at least 12-by-12-inches
displayed on each of the flat sides.
Such a buoy should help divers, especially those in open
waters, be more visible to passing boats.
Divers-down symbols displayed onboard a boat must still be a
flag at least 20-by-24-inches and displayed at a high
point
Being highly visible to boaters is critical to keeping
divers and snorkelers safe in the water especially with bay scallop season –
which just opened on June 28 – and spiny lobster mini-season – which begins July 30– bringing
more divers and snorkelers into the water.
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