DIVING AND SNORKELING

No buoys, markers, and/or regulatory signs shall be placed upon the waters of the State without prior approval of the Department, except that divers or persons snorkeling shall place a diver's down flag(s) upon the water in the immediate area of their activity.

“Diver's down flag” means a rectangular shaped flag either blue and white in color (alpha flag) or red in color with a white diagonal stripe (diving flag), not less than twelve (12) inches x twelve (12) inches and displayed no less than three (3) feet above the surface of the water.

No person shall operate or permit the operation of any motorized watercraft at a speed greater than a no wake speed on the waters of this State within one hundred (100) feet of a “diver down” flag(s) that has been displayed to indicate the presence of a person diving or snorkeling. The diver's down flag(s) shall be displayed only when diving or snorkeling is in progress and shall be displayed so as not to impede normal watercraft traffic.