Gotta have a compass???

[Charlie99]

My experience is that a compass ican be useful, even on a wreck. While they are indeed influenced by all that metal, they can still be useful if, for example, on a no-current day you get confused about which way is forward or aft. Yeah, the compass may be 30 degrees off, but it still tells which way to the pointy end of the wreck.

A compass is also useful for finding your way back to the wreck if you do a bit of exploring in the sand surround the wreck.

My advice is to take a compass with you, even on a wreck dive.

 

[LIVES4SHARKS]

Wrist and Hose Mount Compass at Divers Direct - Scuba gear & equipment online dive catalog!

This compass worked great for me on my recent dives in LaPaz. On some reefs we had great vis of about 30-40'. On a couple, it was hard to even tell the difference from one part of the reef from another and trying to find an anchor with visual navigation would have been near impossible. I am glad I had taken my bearings as soon as we ascended down the line. It made me much more confident in my dive and getting back to the boat much lesss stressful, especially since I had an instabuddy who had no concept of navigation, let alone gas management! I intend on replacing the band with bungie chord. It makes getting it on and off much easier.

Happy diving!
Carolyn:sharks: