Low Viz Diving tips.

[AfterDark]

never said it ended the dive. it's more so the skipper knows where you are and where you're drifting off to, and can somewhat keep an eye on where you are headed. if you haven't ventured far off the wreck, then fine. but, if vis is such where i need a compass to find my way back to the wreck, then do i want to be diving (probably not. not a fan of diving in less than 2 or so metres of vis in the sea)

Sorry my assumption. If it is current that takes one off then the chances of getting back to the wreck aren't good anyway. The example I used didn't involve current just my digging around in the sand looking for items like, whistles or brass flare guns and other items that were blown out of the sub from the dozens of depth charges dropped on it over the course of that day in 1945; and my losing contact with the wreck during that process. When current is present which isn't too often at the U853 then I'll run a reel from the sub when I go digging. I used to run the reel all the time until I tried the compass trick now I don't bother.

If I waited for 2 meters of vis to dive I'd have about 20 dives in the last 44 years instead of 2000+ but, that's diving!

I dive in the water I have, I don't wait for the water I wish I had.

 

[Z Gear]

Sorry my assumption. If it is current that takes one off then the chances of getting back to the wreck aren't good anyway. The example I used didn't involve current just my digging around in the sand looking for items like, whistles or brass flare guns and other items that were blown out of the sub from the dozens of depth charges dropped on it over the course of that day in 1945; and my losing contact with the wreck during that process. When current is present which isn't too often at the U853 then I'll run a reel from the sub when I go digging. I used to run the reel all the time until I tried the compass trick now I don't bother.

If I waited for 2 meters of vis to dive I'd have about 20 dives in the last 44 years instead of 2000+ but, that's diving!

I dive in the water I have, I don't wait for the water I wish I had.

It strange but for some reason the low viz conditions I am referring to are starting to look a whole lot better after a reading some of these posts.