No. It is not. That’s another problem. I don’t have the time to design a special canister. But all I see out of the shelves is either too bulky or unreliable.
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No. It is not. That’s another problem. I don’t have the time to design a special canister. But all I see out of the shelves is either too bulky or unreliable.
You are not going to survive drifting around the south china sea for 2 days. You can read about the post sinking loses from the USN Indianapolis for instance, between the sun, dehydration, and sharks your survival window is a day-ish.I recently purchased a Nautilus Lifeline GPS and an ACS PLB but given the 24 hours battery life, I don’t think it is bulletproof. I would use the Nautilus first then the PLB thus expect to be rescued within 48 hours.
So flare is no-go
A single 18650 powered LED diving backup light turns into a strobe when you wave your hand in front of it. It's also already waterproof, and lasts 4 to 8 hours on low. The visual horizon from a diver on the surface to a searcher sitting in a small vessel is only a a few km anyway, save the battery by using a low power settingFlares come in other varieties besides incendiary. The incendiary flares seem to expire every three minutes. So a few years ago, I bought a USCG approved electronic flare. It’s basically a really bright strobe that continuously flashes SOS. This could be taken on a plane with no issues.
While it’s water resistant, it not depth rated, so it would need to go in a canister. That would be fairly bulky.
My primary dive light also has an SOS mode. It doesn’t have the 360 degree visibility of the e-flare, but shining it into a DSMB while in strobe mode should be visible from many directions.
At least one man survived 4 days there. But I will take your advice.You are not going to survive drifting around the south china sea for 2 days.
When I was in Brunei we had flares. I think they were " borrowed" from Brunei Shell and were brought on night dives. Only one was ever used when we drifted away in a current and could not get back to the boat.
Dody works in the oil industry so I am surprised he would not know about waterproof flares. My Big Blue Video lights have the emergency light signal beacon and there are underwater strobes that blink which can been seen from far away in the dark of night. The batteries on the big blues last hours on low power. My dive torch is good for around 90 minutes if left on.
I can't wait to see a trip report from Dody with getting lost on a day dive and was rescued at night. He will get lucky and some fishing trawler will find him.
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I used to work in the oil industry. Not anymore. I was not a diver at the time. I also lived in Brunei working for Schlumberger a subcontractor of BSP. Worst time in my life. Apart from Jerudong Park during the week-ends, I felt like killing myself on a daily basis. Did not have the correct visa to go for short trips to Malaysia .