billt4sf
Contributor
- Messages
- 2,561
- Reaction score
- 1,151
- # of dives
- 500 - 999
Today in Statia we set out, moored at the dive site, and saw the that there was a strong wind and surface current. The plan was to grab the line when we jumped in, pull ourselves and descend using the mooring line. My reg was breathing wet and I figured out later that this can be due to having head down while I was straining to get to the line. We descended to the wreck at 70 ft, there was still a lot of current so we looked around a bit then ascended using the lines and got back on the boat.
At the that point I saw one of the instructors keeping eyes on two people drifting. They were signalling OK but drifted for another 20 mins while everyone got back on the boat. We picked them up, they were exhausted because they were trying to stay close to the boat. They previously had an SMB but had lost it.
After the dive, Emily and I went to the pool and practiced launching an SMB at the surface. The drifters took it in stride, they were not critical of anything, at least not to us.
I was surprised that they didn't use a constant banging to recall all divers, but they said they don't do so because it happens so seldom.
Bill
At the that point I saw one of the instructors keeping eyes on two people drifting. They were signalling OK but drifted for another 20 mins while everyone got back on the boat. We picked them up, they were exhausted because they were trying to stay close to the boat. They previously had an SMB but had lost it.
After the dive, Emily and I went to the pool and practiced launching an SMB at the surface. The drifters took it in stride, they were not critical of anything, at least not to us.
I was surprised that they didn't use a constant banging to recall all divers, but they said they don't do so because it happens so seldom.
Bill