another blow dealt to the "Flat Earth Believers"....
Equipment Any diver uses a Walkie-Talkie with APRS function while losing sight of the boat?
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Or to flat sea believers. Haha.
The InReach also have their own custom dive housing. Of course you can’t put anything else in there but it’s compact and made to measure. Looks like the clip-on lid similar to the one the Nautilus lifeline uses…. Sold separately so it does leave other options open depending on your needs.
The InReach also have their own custom dive housing. Of course you can’t put anything else in there but it’s compact and made to measure. Looks like the clip-on lid similar to the one the Nautilus lifeline uses…. Sold separately so it does leave other options open depending on your needs.
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For voice VHF radio, a Nautilus Lifeline 1st Gen in the water should be able communicate in flat seas and clear weather out to the visible horizon at 5km/3miles, to a Diveboat with an antenna 4.5m/15ft above the water. However, if you get swept around a rocky point effectively blocking line of sight, your communication reception will be spotty at best.
Below an example of a common scenario that will test the experience of your skiff driver to find and pick you up before deteriorating into a worst case lost-at-sea situation; Surfacing post-drift dive into a momentary tropical rain squall in near zero visibility, (potentially with a stiff current carrying you away):
So if you surface from a dive, and your pick-up skiff or liveaboard mothership is nowhere to be seen line-of-sight to the horizon for VHF radio communications in any direction, then you better have a PLB direct to satellite as the last resort back-up.
Below an example of a common scenario that will test the experience of your skiff driver to find and pick you up before deteriorating into a worst case lost-at-sea situation; Surfacing post-drift dive into a momentary tropical rain squall in near zero visibility, (potentially with a stiff current carrying you away):
So if you surface from a dive, and your pick-up skiff or liveaboard mothership is nowhere to be seen line-of-sight to the horizon for VHF radio communications in any direction, then you better have a PLB direct to satellite as the last resort back-up.
