Many years ago, pointer (proc) was only used by Instructor and Dive Guide. It was used for one reason and only one reason. It’s to get divers attention with the noise by hitting the scuba tank with a pointer. During that time, we have to make our own pointer from hardware shop.
Unfortunately, starting few years back dive shops started to produce and selling pointer to the public. Divers buy and use it for many wrong reasons. It’s sad to see many divers use it to dig corals/rumbles to find micro animals, used it to rest on coral to stabilize their buoyancy, used it to abuse animals and worst of all, photographers used it to ‘move’ animals to a more photogenic spot. Divers also used it to hit their tank to get attention from their buddy. It’s very confusing when they are so many pointers used in a group therefore it’s very difficult for the Instructor/Dive Guide to get attention of divers when there is a need.
I strongly discourage divers from using pointer during diving. I will not hesitate to confiscate the pointer if I noticed divers using it for the wrong reason. As a divers, let’s be friendly to our underwater haven.
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