Wristshot
Contributor
My buddy is a full-time gadget freak, and he has more money than he knows what to do with. He always has to buy every new toy that comes out. He has a Shark Shield even though we have never seen anything more menacing than a 4 foot nurse shark. (please don't lecture me about how dangerous nurse sharks can be, the point here is to paint a picture of a guy that buys all manner of kit)
He has a Xios unit, and he uses it when we dive off of boats in Monterey. The unit is an very expensive toy, but it actually works real well. It points the direction to the boat and it tells you the distance. The first time my buddy used his, he thought it was broken when it started flashing and pointing every which way. It also listed the distance as 35 feet when we were in 50 feet of water. It suddenly all made sense when he realized that we were in fact 35 feet directly underneath the boat!
It is bulky, but it it kinda cool. Certainly not DIR, but it was fun. In an environment with variable currents and poor viz it can help you find your way back to the boat underwater.
I believe that he bought it at Diver Dan's in Santa Clara, but I won't swear to it. There was one other shop in the area that carried them also, so I am not positive where he bought it.
Just some info
Wristshot
He has a Xios unit, and he uses it when we dive off of boats in Monterey. The unit is an very expensive toy, but it actually works real well. It points the direction to the boat and it tells you the distance. The first time my buddy used his, he thought it was broken when it started flashing and pointing every which way. It also listed the distance as 35 feet when we were in 50 feet of water. It suddenly all made sense when he realized that we were in fact 35 feet directly underneath the boat!
It is bulky, but it it kinda cool. Certainly not DIR, but it was fun. In an environment with variable currents and poor viz it can help you find your way back to the boat underwater.
I believe that he bought it at Diver Dan's in Santa Clara, but I won't swear to it. There was one other shop in the area that carried them also, so I am not positive where he bought it.
Just some info
Wristshot