There are no exclusive channels. Aldora may be the only one using 63, but others could if they wanted.Most of the other operators I know use channel 06. I believe 63 is exclusively an Aldora channel.
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There are no exclusive channels. Aldora may be the only one using 63, but others could if they wanted.Most of the other operators I know use channel 06. I believe 63 is exclusively an Aldora channel.
For recreational divers on a paid dive, I'm sure this is true. It does remind me of one of our SB trips to Cozumel. We were heading out on a boat to a night dive at dusk. One of the crew heard cries for help and our boat stopped and rescued two women who had been lost for hours. I don't speak Spanish so I didn't get the story of how they came to be lost. We gave them towels and my dive buddy gave them his snacks. The experience certainly ingrained the necessity of always carrying signal devices as they had none and were very lucky we came close enough to hear their shouts.Getting left to sea in Cozumel, really is less likely than a meteor hitting you on your head during happy hour after dive.
Were they divers? If they were, (why) wasn't the op they were diving with out searching for them?For recreational divers on a paid dive, I'm sure this is true. It does remind me of one of our SB trips to Cozumel. We were heading out on a boat to a night dive at dusk. One of the crew heard cries for help and our boat stopped and rescued two women who had been lost for hours. I don't speak Spanish so I didn't get the story of how they came to be lost. We gave them towels and my dive buddy gave them his snacks. The experience certainly ingrained the necessity of always carrying signal devices as they had none and were very lucky we came close enough to hear their shouts.
Yes, they had full wetsuit, BC, etc. My assumption is that they were diving on their own, but I couldn’t understand the language. Cozumel had some strong currents so perhaps that’s how they got out there.Were they divers? If they were, (why) wasn't the op they were diving with out searching for them?
If they were out on a shore dive late in the day and far out enough to be in boat traffic, it doesn't speak well of their dive plan.Yes, they had full wetsuit, BC, etc. My assumption is that they were diving on their own, but I couldn’t understand the language. Cozumel had some strong currents so perhaps that’s how they got out there.
For recreational divers on a paid dive, I'm sure this is true. It does remind me of one of our SB trips to Cozumel. We were heading out on a boat to a night dive at dusk. One of the crew heard cries for help and our boat stopped and rescued two women who had been lost for hours. I don't speak Spanish so I didn't get the story of how they came to be lost. We gave them towels and my dive buddy gave them his snacks. The experience certainly ingrained the necessity of always carrying signal devices as they had none and were very lucky we came close enough to hear their shouts.
That reminds me of a story a DM told me about a dive he was once guiding on Villablanca where a buddy pair decided to call the dive early and swim to shore without signaling him. After a considerable time in a panicked search for them the Blue Angel shop radioed the boat to tell him that the "missing" divers were having drinks by the pool.S--t happens. However, at least for the more dived southern portion, there are few places I would drift for hours without swimming to shore and making happy hour. I might charge the cab ride to the DM that left me. Divers drifting around for hours in Cozumel, call me a skeptic.