Dive Alert Deluxe Surface Marker Buoy
A safety sausage is a type of surface marker buoy that is a very important piece of a SCUBA diver’s gear. It serves as a valuable tool for alerting the dive boat of a diver’s position, should the diver surface a further distance from the boat than is feasible to swim. Besides this practical usage, the safety sausage is beneficial for all manner of emergencies, when attention is needed quickly. Even if you carry an audible signaling device, it is a good idea to have a safety sausage as a backup.
There are a couple types of safety sausages that will inflate in different ways. One requires that you inflate it by means of applying air from your octopus while keeping the opening submerged so that the air will remain trapped in the chamber, while another type can only be inflated orally. It is important to note that a safety sausage is not a substitute for a surface marker buoy or a diver down flag that alerts other watercraft to the presence of divers before a diver surfaces. Here’s a simple video demonstrating the operation of a safety sausage.
I mainly “tech dive” so I definitely have an SMB with me on every dive!
Yep, sure do!
Yep
Always
I always have my sausage…and I know how to handle it too!
Nope…
I’m primarily a cave diver, so no…
yes
Always – You just never know!
will have one before his next dive trip!
Only on drift dives
Only on drift dives
Yes
Yes
don’t leave the boat with out it,,,:)
don’t leave the boat with out it,,,:)
Always; I even have extras on the boat for those who don’t have one! Can never be too safe when diving open water!
Always; I even have extras on the boat for those who don’t have one! Can never be too safe when diving open water!
Yep, and my sausage is bigger than yours
Yep, and my sausage is bigger than yours
Always. Do!!!
Always. Do!!!
I almost always do, but there are a few dive sites where I don’t.
I almost always do, but there are a few dive sites where I don’t.
Always
Always
Absolutely not!
Absolutely not!
every dive since I got mine…won’t go in the water without it just because the boat crew can see that better than they will ever see me day or night…especially at night
every dive since I got mine…won’t go in the water without it just because the boat crew can see that better than they will ever see me day or night…especially at night
Always. Go sausage Go deep
Yep
sorta like an Amex card……don’t leave home without it (unless you’re not diving of course, it would look a little silly wearing one at the office)
Yes! Always
Ditto
“Only on drift dives” — Hah! Any dive can become a drift dive, unless you’re in a quarry or a pool.
Safty comes first !!Every diver should have 1 & a real so they can deploy it from the bottom ..What do you think ????