EQUIPPED DIVING RULES
Forbidden Zones:
Al kinds of diving excluding scientific studies in
military forbidden zones as well as regions in which there
are Cultural and Natural Wealth Required to be protected
underwater according to 19/08/1989 date and 20257 numbered
Official Gazette issued Decision of Board of Ministers,
according to 35th article of 863 numbered Cultural and
Natural Wealth Protection Law.
Certificate:
Sportive aimed equipped divers, should have the
sufficiency certificate (diving card) issued by Underwater
Sports, Life Guarding and Water Ski Federation. But
certificates issued by organizations educating under
international standards, are also valid. These
certificates, can be turned into sufficiency certificate
(diving card) with application to federation. Sportive
dives, diving disciplinary authorizations, technical
specifications and authorization certificates of Turks are
issued complying with the principles determined and
accepted by Youth and sports General Directorate,
Underwater Sports Life Guarding and Water Ski Federation.
For sportive aimed dives of foreign divers, they should be
a member of International Underwater Sports Federation or
national organizations or have a certificate issued by
authorized organizations or institutions of their
countries.
Responsibility:
Diving and life security of the divers belongs to divers,
but all of the responsibilities of course participant's
during training belongs to lecturer. In dives of Turks,
taking guide skin diver is under request. Foreign divers
should take guide skin diver during their dives. During
diving, protection of cultural and natural wealth,
maintaining of property and life security of divers during
diving, are under the responsibility and obligation of
guide skin diver. But all kinds of problems exist before
diving and due to the personal mistakes of divers who
violates the diving rules is not under the responsibility
of skin diver.
Material:
There is no equipment limit during sportive aimed dives.
During equipped sportive dives, balance vest (life vest,
BC), tube pressure monitor, depth monitor and time hour
usage is obligatory. But usage of lifting balloon or same
aimed materials is forbidden.
Decompressed dives are
absolutely forbidden. Presence of high pressurized tube
filling compressor in land or in ships, which took
required permissions from corresponding authorities during
dives is free.
Diving organizing agency,
club, establishment, hotel, holiday village, school etc.
places as well as ships should provide first aid material
in stock. Underwater photographing, video camera usage
during dives is free. All kinds of materials for taking
picture or video recording can be used.
Material
Maintenance: Sportive aimed
diving organizing tourism agencies, yacht operators,
organizations and institutions as well as underwater clubs
should perform the periodic test and maintenance of diving
materials (such as tube regulator, balance vest) used and
owned by skin divers. These tests can be performed in
civil skin diver firm agencies or organizations authorized
by Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Ships to be used
during dives: During underwater
dives, usage of Turk ships is basis. But dives are
possible on condition that required permissions should be
taken for foreign groups who wishes to dive from their
boats as well as foreign divers who come with their ships.
Diving
permission: Sportive aimed
equipped dives are subjected to permission excluding
forbidden zones. Dives, organized to places excluding
forbidden zones in group by club, organization or
institutions, should be informed to City Tourism
Directorates or authorized organization. This information
is submitted to Regional Coast Guard Headquarters (or
authority within the region) by correspondent
organization.
All kinds of equipped
sportive dives are subject to permission for foreign
divers. Authorities which will issue these permissions are
City Tourism Directorate or authorized organizations. One
copy of permission forms to be issued will be submitted to
Harbor Directorate and one copy of it is submitted to
Regional Coast Guard Headquarters (or authority within the
region) by permission issuing organization. Permission
certificate, whose one copy remains at permission holding
organization, should be shown to authorities during
controls. Information submission and permission taking is
not obligatory during dives with the aim of training as
well as two persons friend system dives (excluding
forbidden zones). |