Drift Dive Plan Template
Drift dives move the planning emphasis from a fixed route to current, surface support, and pickup logistics. This template covers what a drift-specific plan needs beyond the standard sections.
Expected direction and strength
Requirement and who deploys it
How the boat tracks divers
How each buddy pair is identified and retrieved
Current and surface support
- Expected current direction and strength, as reported by the team/operator
- Surface marker buoy (SMB) requirement and who deploys it
- Surface support boat and how it tracks divers
- Pickup procedure -- how the boat identifies and retrieves each buddy pair
Team separation in moving water
Current can separate a team faster than a comparable dive in still water. State a clear procedure for what a buddy pair does if they lose contact with the group, not just with each other.
Dive Backup organizes information entered by the dive team. It does not calculate whether a dive is safe or replace training, certification, professional judgment, dive computers, agency standards, or a live predive briefing.
Filling this in on paper works until conditions change or a diver drops out. Dive Backup turns it into a shared, reviewable plan your whole team can see, so nothing gets decided verbally and forgotten.
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