A diving shot, or more formally, diving shot line is an item of diving equipment consisting of a weight (the shot), a line and a buoy. The weight is dropped on the dive site. The line connects the weight and the buoy and is used by divers to move between the surface and the dive site more safely and more easily, and as a controlled position for in-water staged decompression stops
A "lazy shot" is a second shot which is connected to the first shot line at a depth deeper than the deepest decompression stop. It is used for decompression and frees the main shot for other divers. The lazy shot's line does not need to be longer than the decompression depth and it only needs a weight heavy enough to provide diver buoyancy control.
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