The primary responsibility for leaders or personnel who lead the night dive. Due to the darkness, navigation skills must reach 100%, regardless of experience, you must use a compass. The compass is very important because the visibility of the flashlight will shrink to the effect you see. In some cases, at night, the diver can swim in the circle or spend a longer time than usual to find the reference point under the water. First of all, you should not do night diving in places where there is no diving before the day.

The leader and assistant must always have an extra flashlight during the dive. If the leader runs out of additional flashlights, the leader must decide to end the dive before another flashlight fails.

During a nighttime dive, assisting another diver to encounter difficulties when encountering equipment [tank, regulator, weight belt or flashlight] underwater. You may need hands and flashlights…

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