Bonaire: you'll run into at least one other group of divers any night.
Night Dive Personal Strobe/Marker Light Question
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Bonaire: you'll run into at least one other group of divers any night.
House reef: check. We didn't get to dive city pier, it's off-limits now due to traffic, but apparently that used to be like a community pool on hot weekend. Our shop had a Saturday night boat trip to salt pier instead but that was too close to our flight back.
-- I expect you'll likely have multiple groups there now, too.
House reef: check. We didn't get to dive city pier, it's off-limits now due to traffic, but apparently that used to be like a community pool on hot weekend. Our shop had a Saturday night boat trip to salt pier instead but that was too close to our flight back.
Town pier, yes. Buddy and I were the only two at Salt Pier the night we did it in December.
snowdog61
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Blinky strobe for entrance/exit location or mooring line locator. Tank marker light for personal locator. You can get tinted covers to distinguish your buddy/group if things get crowded. easy peasy
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Didn't realize this would prompt such a lively discussion. Thanks for the good words, folks.
If you want to see a lively discussion, ask what kind of BC you should buy...
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I agree that strobes are not a good idea. I also believe that tank lights are kinda stupid if you have a primary and at least one working back up light. I've never gone to the wrong group on Bonaire, in the Keys or anywhere else. I must admit that I often 'forget' to turn my light on. If you can't spot my 21W HID on the reef, you're simply not paying attention.
Hatul
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I agree that strobes are not a good idea. I also believe that tank lights are kinda stupid if you have a primary and at least one working back up light. I've never gone to the wrong group on Bonaire, in the Keys or anywhere else. I must admit that I often 'forget' to turn my light on. If you can't spot my 21W HID on the reef, you're simply not paying attention.
Just because you forget to turn your tank light on does not mean they're stupid. I find they help to identify my buddy.
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Best place for a strobe light on a night dive is tied about four feet above the bottom on the upline ... assuming you're boat diving. It's better than a continuous light for showing up in murky water, and you'll be better able to find your way back to the upline at the end of the dive.
I'm not a big fan of tank lights. They're generally more of a distraction than a help. But if you're going to use them, use the battery operated ones and fix them to your tank neck. I'm completely against cyalume lights for the reasons already stated ... they're really bad for the environment, and I've seen way too many of them disposed of in the water.
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I'm not a big fan of tank lights. They're generally more of a distraction than a help. But if you're going to use them, use the battery operated ones and fix them to your tank neck. I'm completely against cyalume lights for the reasons already stated ... they're really bad for the environment, and I've seen way too many of them disposed of in the water.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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