cyklon_300
Contributor
Since the board can't seem to get enough of the 'classic' threads (snorkels yes/no?, mask on forehead?, etc, etc, etc.) here's another for the Best Hits compilation...
If you only use a flutter kick, do you ever look behind you to see if your disturbing the bottom?
If you do look and see you're creating a silt cloud, do you DO anything about it or just continue on your merry way?
I just had what started as a lovely dive destroyed by a nice couple who moved what must have been several dozen cubic yards of lake bottom around...I had to turn my dive twice to avoid the avalanches of crud they were pushing down the ledge onto my line of travel. Meeting up with them later in the shallows, I tried to signal 'look' at the huge cloud trailing them, but by the time they turned around, we were all in zero vis and they put it into to turbo and hauled butt to clearer water...churning even more silt as they went. Sigh...
Here's a thought...if you don't know any other kicks, why not try and learn some...if you can't/won't investigate alternate finning styles, get OFF the bottom and swim in mid-water.
Mucking up the vis is really not a great way to endear yourself to other divers.
If you only use a flutter kick, do you ever look behind you to see if your disturbing the bottom?
If you do look and see you're creating a silt cloud, do you DO anything about it or just continue on your merry way?
I just had what started as a lovely dive destroyed by a nice couple who moved what must have been several dozen cubic yards of lake bottom around...I had to turn my dive twice to avoid the avalanches of crud they were pushing down the ledge onto my line of travel. Meeting up with them later in the shallows, I tried to signal 'look' at the huge cloud trailing them, but by the time they turned around, we were all in zero vis and they put it into to turbo and hauled butt to clearer water...churning even more silt as they went. Sigh...
Here's a thought...if you don't know any other kicks, why not try and learn some...if you can't/won't investigate alternate finning styles, get OFF the bottom and swim in mid-water.
Mucking up the vis is really not a great way to endear yourself to other divers.