Posted by kelphead on October 09, 1999 at 04:42:05:
In Reply to: What’s the law in CA in regards to dive flags? posted by Jusfer on October 05, 1999 at 12:07:02:
hey, jus, i tried to contact the u.s. coast guard
today, but apparently they only have an east coast
phone # and they were closed by the time i called it.
the phone operator could not find a california listing
for them.
so, instead i settled for the orange county's harbor
patrol, newport beach station and i found out the following:
**no dive flag is required by a diver at any time
if diving the coast of california; if diving a HARBOR,
however, then one needs to get permission for diving
harbors (since there is no diving allowed there to
begin with) and one must follow all rules requested
of the harbor master; so if he/she asked that the diver,
who got permission to dive a harbor, use a dive
flag, then the diver is required in that situation
to use a dive flag;
**re:how far away private boats need to be from
dive flags, there is no law governing that; the
way the waterway etiquette is written, the private
boater needs to exercise caution and stay a safe
distance (presumably decided by the motor operator)
from the dive flag. i asked the deputy if there
was any u.s.c.g. law about it and he replied that
there wasn't except for what he read to me.
nice, huh??!!
hope this answers your q.
kelphead.