The Fourth Annual Divers’ Night is ready for the 4th of December, 2008, at 20:08.
Simultaneous night dives are expected to be made in several countries, including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Svalbard, and the Faroe Islands. Dive communities in other countries have also expressed and interest in participating in this year’s Divers’ Night.
The first Divers’ Night was organized in Norway in 2005; attracting 351 scuba divers to participate in the country-wide event. These dives took place in 40 different locations, the northernmost in Nordkapp and all the way down to southern Lindesnes. In 2006 the participants had increased to 889 people diving from 93 locations all throughout Scandinavia. Last year’s event was the largest so far, with 1859 divers getting in the water at 138 various locations.
Every year this event is organized locally by individuals who support Divers’ Night by providing enjoyable diving, a positive environment, and homemade cakes; truly showing off all the great aspects of the hobby.
Why
The main reason for Divers’ Night is to get together and have fun, regardless of dive club or country. We get the chance to show the world what a great hobby we have, hopefully attracting more people to not only to diving in general, but to diving activities in the winter, when in might be a little cold and dark.
The idea originated during a club get-together one Friday evening in November, 2005. It sounded like it would be fun to have a night dive taking place all over Norway at the same time. Four weeks later the planning, preparation and execution of the first Divers’ Night was finished and 351 people had dove from 40 different locations in Norway.
Who
The three events that have been organized so far have been made a reality thanks to an exemplary group of organizers that have been putting together some great evenings out. Anybody can join that group and initiate a local dive on Divers’ Night. Whether you are acting alone or representing a dive club or scuba shop you are all welcome to arrange a night dive, just send an e-mail to
tone@diversnight.com. Helpful information regarding organizing an event will be published on www.diversnight.com as well as sent to all registered organizers.
‘Cake’ has been a keyword these past two Divers’ Nights; to bring people together for a chat and enjoy each other’s company as well as something tasty on a chilly December evening. Lots of initiative and positive attitudes have made these past three past events possible, and I hope to see those wonderful people who organized those dives return to join us again this year, as we appreciate their outstanding effort!
World Record?
Our hopes are to set a world record this year. It is a great opportunity to show even more people what it is we do, what scuba diving can offer, what a great community we have, and that our hobby is safe! The media has been very supportive in helping us showing our passion, and that one doesn’t need 25 degrees of water in order to enjoy diving.
The following must be present on the dive site for matters of safety:
- Surface support; a diver in gear (PAI Rescue or equivalent*)
- Emergency Management Plan in the unlikely event of an emergency
- The diving flag must be raised
- Divers must be logged inn and out of the water
- No ‘solo diving’
- All divers must be certified , with night diving experience*
- Local emergency services should be notified of the event
- All divers must fill out a liability release form
*The surface support diver may stick his or her head underwater at the designated time in order to be a participant in the night dive, but must immediately return to the surface and maintain his or her role
**Any diver without night diving experience must be accompanied by a Divemaster or Instructor, and have received relevant information and instruction of light communication prior to the dive.
Tone’s tips..
Presse;
Sjekk med lokale dykkesentere og/eller instruktører om de vil stille opp å sponse kurs, og utfordre en i pressen til å ta dykkesertifikat og delta på nattdykket, og samtidig dekke det..
Premier;
Lokale premier:
Kontakt dykkesenter, kakeleverandør, varm drikk leverandør, eller andre å sjekk om dere kan få noen premier dere kan trekke ut, eller de kan fikse kaker eller noe varmt å drikke til kalde dykkere.
Gloo Toobe`n dykkestedet får, kan med fordel gi som en premie til en heldig vinner etter dykket. Men den skal altså brukes under dykket av en person som fungerer som dykkeleder under vann på nattdykket.
Diversnight premiene:
Send Navn, adresse, telefon nr, dykkested og om det er dykkere eller tørre medhjelpere, så fort som mulig etter dykket. Slik at alle som deltar får muligheten til å være med i trekningen av premier. Premiene vil bli trukket innen en uke etter dykket.
Sikkerhet;
Kanskje dykkesenteret i nærheten stiller med flagg, O2 koffert, overflateberedskap, dykkeleder eller lignende.
Registrering;
Jo før jeg får SMS om antall dykkere på stedet, jo fortere kan pressen informeres om antall dykkere i vannet, og dermed ha korrekte tall. Dette vil til enhver tid oppdateres på www.diversnight.com
Det er også viktig at jeg får inn navnene på alle som har vært med, skill mellom dykkere og landkrabber. Så får vi raskt sendt ut premier.
Loggføring;
Under breafingen, gi dykkerne beskjed om å rope navnene sine når de går ned, og når de kommer opp, og rope igjen dersom ikke dykkeleder bekrefter å ha notert det.
Det er mange som er jeg og meg i svart natt, og det er vanskelig for den som står på land å se hvem som kommer opp. På denne måten blir alle logget forsvarlig inn og ut av vannet.
