Stuart99
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Hi,
I dive off our BSAC boat on the North wall in Grand Cayman, it starts at 14m and drops to about 2000m. Its nice
However distracted by looking after my new buddy I stuffed up my navigation and missed my turn off the reef back to the boat ... resulting in a normal blue water ascent which was done effectively, only to find we were about 300m away from the boat- down wind and current, with a tough surface swim I would rather avoid doing again. ( I won't go into why the boat didn't drive over to pick us up...that's another story.) I think I just got a bit complacent with our Navigation and with a new site, an unusual amount of current and a fairly bland bit of reef.... Anyway, I stuffed up.
So as to avoid this again I am wondering if an underwater strobe hanging of the bow of the boat at 5m would work. How far can you see them in daylight? (before I buy one.)
The boat is normally moored at depth of 15m and 20m horizontally from the edge of the wall and vis is normally a good 15- 20m horizontally....
On a good day you can see the anchor line from the wall. As long as the wind doesn't change and blow it away from you, which it did on that day.
Another idea is a small weight with a long ribbon on it placed as we reach the wall.
Any blue water divers out there with experience of this? Or for that matter cold, green water divers.
Incidentally, my new buddy thought it was great!
I was less impressed.
S
I dive off our BSAC boat on the North wall in Grand Cayman, it starts at 14m and drops to about 2000m. Its nice
However distracted by looking after my new buddy I stuffed up my navigation and missed my turn off the reef back to the boat ... resulting in a normal blue water ascent which was done effectively, only to find we were about 300m away from the boat- down wind and current, with a tough surface swim I would rather avoid doing again. ( I won't go into why the boat didn't drive over to pick us up...that's another story.) I think I just got a bit complacent with our Navigation and with a new site, an unusual amount of current and a fairly bland bit of reef.... Anyway, I stuffed up.
So as to avoid this again I am wondering if an underwater strobe hanging of the bow of the boat at 5m would work. How far can you see them in daylight? (before I buy one.)
The boat is normally moored at depth of 15m and 20m horizontally from the edge of the wall and vis is normally a good 15- 20m horizontally....
On a good day you can see the anchor line from the wall. As long as the wind doesn't change and blow it away from you, which it did on that day.
Another idea is a small weight with a long ribbon on it placed as we reach the wall.
Any blue water divers out there with experience of this? Or for that matter cold, green water divers.
Incidentally, my new buddy thought it was great!
I was less impressed.
S