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Summary: Understand how to keep an eye out for boats while snorkeling in this free video on tips and techniques of snorkeling.
Ray Temeyer (and his wife, Jeanie) have been running snorkeling, sailing, and scuba diving charters out of Miami and the Bahamas for the last 27 years. Valerie Kevorkian is the owner...read more
" On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Raymond Temeyer with Lost Island Voyages, and we also have with us Valerie Kevorkian from Tarpoon Lagoon Dive Center in Miami Beach. We’re going to talk about snorkeling today and all the opportunities that it provides. When you’re snorkeling in unsupervised areas, a big concern is local boating traffic. You want boaters to be aware of you in the water. When you’re snorkeling, you are barely visible on the surface. Your body is almost even with the surface of the water and you’re snorkel might stick out of the water a little bit, but it’s not very visible for boaters. Once again, if you want to go to your local dive shop and look for some equipment. This being a dive flag, which you can tow along in the water with you by a sting and local boaters will be able to see you in the water and they’ll spot this dive flag. This flag is know by most boaters as diver down flag, but also indicated people in the water snorkeling, so that they will know that you’re in the area. So remember, when you’re in unsupervised areas, you want to have a dive flag for safety, and in most states it is the law, that it is required to have this flag while you’re snorkeling. "
eHow Article: Look Out for Boats: Snorkeling Safety Techniques