Sounds like Marks got a cold in this video....

People who make whole paragraphs with hand signals lol

Going into deco because you were more focused on your GoPro than your depth gauge.

3:31 800 pound dive computer holding me down? Now that is some heavy equipment.

I once had a dive buddy whom is the first time meeting him, he ditched me on buddy checks, he swims on his own, surface when he likes it, and commented that I need to keep up.

Photographers who think it's OK to hover over something interesting forever while others might want to see it too. You're not the only one on this dive, dude!

The last point you mentionned, ive lived it. Some random divers with full expensive stuff who jumped into the water waiting for us on a shipwreck dive. There were so heavy with all their stuff that they gave up the dive because there were about to die from exhaust ! At least it was a beautiful dive without them !

"800 pound dive computer", I was like what? they don't weigh that much!!!!! Then my brain kicked in.

1. I have been told it's okay to pick up a shark tooth from the water floor. (I never try to remove a shark tooth while still in a sharks mouth.) The dive instructors also encourage us to remove trash, especially if it is plastic. 2. I have been video recording my dives, rather than taking pictures. I can save an image from the video recording if I want, and flashing some marine life isn't a smart idea. 3. I have apologized more than once for accidentally fin kicking fellow divers. This is why most of the dive instructors/dive masters make sure I'm one of the first two in the water. They usually tell me to get away from the water entry point before every one else goes in. 4. When I do ocean/gulf of Mexico dives, I'm usually diving with one of the dive shop instructors. They know my dive limits and keep me out diving trouble. 5. My diving video camera weighs maybe a pound, and I can secure it using a d-ring, before surfacing.

I have never even chomped the mouthpiece of a regulator, yet when I do take diving lessons I will consider some of your points as my First Lessons! Thanks

#3 Not paying attention: I seem to dive exclusively with people like this. Drives me nuts.

You showed it a lot this video: Bad trim. Not saying it's always bad to be vertical, but those kicks come really close to the corals. That and divers just being uneasy and flailing arms everywhere etc

I know some dry suits can be customized with a piss valve. The question is, why haven't they come up with the fart valve yet?!

Trying to reach in, and pull out a Maury eel to photograph, or pet. Had to end a dive early once because one of the divers in the party tried this. I do, however, feel confident he will never attempt that again.

Love the red sea footage

Overuse tank bangers.

2:53 I got the same advice from a pro pro diver who still is wary about his limits

On my first dive for my certification course someone tried to signal to the instructor that they had 2100 PSI but messed it up so the instructors thought they had 1100 PSI at about 30 feet and so the instructor had us all come back up and everyone was wondering why and so when she asked, why did we all come up so early the instructor says you told me you had 1,100 psi she then procedes to then show the instructor her gauges and she has 2100 everyone's pretty annoyed

Focusing too much on setting up your camera and forgeting about depth until you reach 35m and you get narcosis . Yep that happened to me today my first 30m dive and my first narcosis experience

Yinz guys have wonderful sounding laughs- (SW PA American here) lol

Being barged into when photographing sealife! I have been scraped and bruised by fellow divers who aren't too good at maneuvering underwater.

Do not panic! My dive instructor would sometimes come up and knock your mask off. Mind you this was in a pool but it taught you how to deal with a situation while staying calm.

Other divers with gopro sticks that push their cameras in the wildlife's face....for everything they see...scare it off and I am left with no good footage.

Sand blowing is really annoying

I have seen instructors going down super fast trying to get an integrated weight that was released accidentally.....

Well said .....

Well my buoyancy is almost perfect but still i held to rocks somtimes... I have nothing else against strong currents...

the one missing , ,, the front crawl arm actions at 10m

well about the "holding onto a rock" i don't necessarily agree. Sometimes you have to grab onto something if there is current for example. Obviously, i always check first that it's only rock i'm grabbing onto and not a coral or any living thing...seagrass is the only living thing i would have no problem grabbing if all else fails. About the rest, i agree. I saw once a scuba instructor bring up a huge empty Pinna Nobilis...like are you crazy? It's known to be protected. And a funny story about ditched gear. When this summer i went diving in Croatia with a team, we had an other team before us that my instructor dove with, and also in our team we had intro and absolute beginner divers too...this was their exam basically (we went with a zodiac so the team was divided into experienced and absolute beginner). And the beginners, and even in the team before us, a lot of people accidentally lost their weights when trying to get back to the zodiac. It fell out of their weight pockets or took the weight belt off upside down and it slid off. And there was a particular place where a lot was lost, so one of our dives at that place was lik: so here we are going to swim around this reef, and then those who have enough air will stay and look for weights. It was under the zodiac so if we wanted we could have just surfaced. It was funny tho, everyone ( some 14is people) just comping through the thick seagrass and searching with their light in the hope of finding weights xD

I didn't expect "Don't annoy a fish" to be on the list.

hi guys.. (anyone) here from Little Rock, Arkansas in the USA. I recently finished my Open Water Diver course ..yay! (I have a whopping 5 dives so far) but Im now wondering what course to prepare to take next. Im considering Nitrox and Navigation, but...what do you guys thing?.. Are those over my 'ignorant/non-experienced head?.. Thx for your videos! They are awesome and funny..sometimes! :)

Well if there is a strong current you can always hold on a rock with two fingers and relax a bit , obviously what you are saying is right but i think there is a small exception

Divers not taking sea sick 🤢 medication when they were advised to well before the boat trip and proceed to throw up 🤮 right in the middle of a beautiful lunch 🥗 buffet on board ...

What's really annoying is that a newbie diver and other is super close to the bottom and does not want to be further up. And the spray sand and mud and makes the visibility less greater

I subscribed and post notifications on and maybe you should do shout out and make a video on how to clear your snorkler and goggles plz.

legend has it that that one diver frog kicking in split fins still has not moved an inch!

I am very uneducated, but I will be scuba diving next year in Puerto Rico. My question is how long are you normally underwater while scuba diving?

Never give Mark a boltsnap

Don’t pee in your wetsuit, it ruins the neoprene and it makes you smelly after (and if using rental super gross). Wipe it out if you have to go (two piece open cell free diving suits are the best).

I dive hollis, so I have no limits 😆

My number one rule of diving is do not die. Anyone violating this rule will not be allowed to dive again.

The most annoying thing are scuba divers that stay in vertical position rather than horizontal. They do not realize how long their fins are and they end up by moving all the sand, hitting rocks and reefs, kicking scuba divers’ head, and not keeping buoyancy by solely adjusting air inside bcd.

I know flailing your arms around is bad form but I typically do that when I know there are other divers faces near my fins. I dont want to kick their masks off so I micro maneuver with my arms.

Dont fart in your dry suit 😂

How about bad body position

Do not not breath. If you do not not breath you die the end

And also dont get eatn by sharks

A great clip and really useful advice, ..but your video footage is #1 not great (colour, composition and movement) #2 not related to what you're saying. Do you not have any footage that can match what you're talking about?

"Don't fart in your drysuit" is this serious or a joke? Can it do anything than smell horrific when you get out of your drysuit?

Taking a nap is not recommended either 😴

what if the animals harass me??

Flailing your arms. Irritating, Annoying, Tiring, Useless, Dangerous.

Oblivious to everything else around you (whilst fiddling with your own camera). BAM! Ripped by a current. #facepalm

6)Go to the toilet.

The there is a whole ocean comment isn't really true. If you stopped to look at something more then likely someone else wants to see it as well. My issue is with people with cameras that think they are more important then others. So they will just swim into you, to get a picture.

Hello, can we have a short talk?

Don’t touch the sharks

Forget to breathe

It's hard not to fart though

Caugh

Stay away from trigger fish

Looking at your Meter while turning your air on. If it Pops out you shot you face with 230 bar.

Turning off other's air

Divers that fin while standing straight up instead of belly down. Using your regulator while on the surface, that's what your snorkel is for. Inflating your BC off your tank instead of orally. Divers that dive in a manner that completely disregards the safety of the divers around them, think spinning in circles while descending butt first.

Ya know the "dont touch anything" protocol seems pretty ridiculous to me.... I GET it and all considering spearfishing is a perfectly legit SCUBA activity. I mean really, what do you thinks causes a bigger rip in the oceans fabric: Me cuddling with a big grouper and taking a couple pics or mean blowing it away with a big spear gun and letting it bleed all over the reef?

Nothing wrong with swimming off on your own. Need to get as far away as possible from that thrashing ball of arms and legs depicted in your video.

Golden rule number one: Never dive alone.

Dive with a snorkel attached to your mask.

id rather eat chalk than listen to this guys voice

I'm so tired of "don't touch stuff" crap, are you paid to say it? One boat grounding destroys millions of times more stuff than your grubby hands lol. What about lobster hunters and spear fisher? LOLOLOLOL