Diving Hand Signals used by Dive Instructors IDC and Divemasters PADI

These Diving Hand Signals are used the most by PADI Divemasters or Diving Instructors to teach there diving students - http://idckohtaothailand.com - PADI Platinum Course Director Marcel van den Berg will show you the most common ones used in the PADI IDC, Divemaster and recreational diving courses.

If you want to be a good or even the best PADI Diving Instructor or Divemaster then you need to give good and strong hand signals under the water to communicate clearly with your diving students.

Differences between good and bad hand signals as a dive professional:

Bad diving hand signals:

-Weak/soft hand signals (fun divers and students don't take these signals seriously)
-To strong/aggressive hand signals (can scare the fun diver or student, diving is supposed to be fun)

Good diving hand signals:

-Right in between a strong and weak hand signal like shown in this YouTube video
-Long enough to be seen
-Friendly diving hand signals

These dive signals YouTube video can also be used for recreational divers.

What is very important to understand is that there are no standards on how a signals has to be given. That is the reason why you sometimes see slightly different diving signals depending on location and Divemaster, PADI Instructor or another Fun Diver. A small difference in a signal for example "more distance in between divers" might not be that bad, but if a buddy team uses very different signals for air/gas consumption that can be dangerous. In other words it is very important to always go over the hand signals used on that dive before the dive. Especially with new people or diving students.

If you are taking your PADI Divemaster or PADI IDC course then it's important to have realistic hand signals especially on the PADI IE when PADI Staff will evaluate you. Again you can have slightly different signals, but it has to come close to what it means. Like for example: PADI Staff or Examiners won't like it if you start flapping your hands like a bird to introduce that you have 70 bar air/gas left. But they do accept different signals for 70 bar as long as they are serious and commonly used.

We know that giving underwater diving hand signals the correct way is so very important for control, we at Sairee Cottage Diving 5 Star IDC Centre on Koh Tao, Thailand give an extra signal workshop during the PADI Divemaster and IDC course.

Please check out more of the DM and IDC YouTube video's here:

Neutral Buoyant DMT/IDC Skills Circuit: https://youtu.be/rNMROWd23dM
Kneeing DM/IDC Skill Circuit: https://youtu.be/rSWw_BJEQ6M
PADI IDC Confined Water Skill Presentations: https://youtu.be/m-YblSmq7kY
PADI IDC Open Water Skill Presentations: https://youtu.be/H6_JQCOxYS0
IDC Rescue Diver Skills: https://youtu.be/uB6L443eK4s
PADI Rescue Exercise 7: https://youtu.be/4V8MigsSrQM
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Marcel van den Berg

PADI Platinum Course Director
Sairee Cottage Diving
Koh Tao, Thailand