vladimir
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This is valid. As I noted earlier, bobbing on the surface in zero visibility with at least one boat moving around is a riskier situation. It is still pretty far from almost losing your life, but we should probably give that a rest. I would cope with the heightened risk by making myself as visible as possible using a dive alert or whistle and a safety sausage. The risk from lightning is also real, but very small, and there's nothing you can do to minimize it while you're in the water.I think (just my opinion) blueanchor's fear of almost costing him his life is based on several factors. 1. He/she is a new diver and hasn't had experience surfacing and not having the boat in sight; 2. It was not just the waiting 45 minutes that was frightening, but the fact there was a thunderstorm with lightening present; 3. OW usually doesn't prepare one for solving situations such as this.