                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SKIN AND SCUBA DIVERS (§ 29.1-734.1)

A. No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving from a boat in the
waters of this Commonwealth which are open to boating, or assist in such diving,
without displaying a diver&#8217;s flag from a mast, buoy, or other structure at
the place of diving; and no person shall display such flag except when diving
operations are under way or in preparation or display a diver&#8217;s flag in a
location which will unreasonably obstruct vessels from making legitimate
navigational use of the water.

B. The diver&#8217;s flag shall be square, not less than twelve inches on a
side, and shall be of red background with a diagonal white stripe, of a width
equal to one fifth of the flag&#8217;s height, running from the upper corner
adjacent to the mast downward to the opposite outside corner.

C. No operator of a vessel under way in the waters of this Commonwealth shall
permit such vessel to approach closer than twenty-five yards to any structure
from which a diver&#8217;s flag is then being displayed.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 488.