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| Originally Posted by piling pete HI all
First post so please be kind. The question i have is apart from not looking cool why do dir divers not wear head to toe yellow ? .Reading some posts safety is gone in to with a fine tooth comb but surely wearing black is possibly the worst colour you can wear
Pete  |
Pete,
I'm not sure why yellow would be any more "safe" than any other colour. Underwater, we use lights to communicate and maintain visual contact. If the visibility is very bad, then we have the option of using touch contact. The lights are far more visible than any suit colour. Add to that the fact that cylinders are usually white or yellow, and you're pretty visible anyway.
On the surface, it's not really any value to have a bright suit, as most of it is underwater anyway. DSMB's are bright orange with reflective tape so can be easily seen as well.
Hope that helps,
Rich