Re: Hey, got a question...


Lee Bell wrote:

Ocean currents are often very subtle, but they still have a major effect on
navigation skills. Lake divers, who are used to heading back to the boat by
reversing the course they took leaving it almost always miss the boat . . .
pun intended. Ocean navigation tends to rely much more on observation of
physical features than confined water navigation. People who dive oceans
all the time, usual learn to do it unconsciously. Those that don't, tend
not to do it at all. Like I said, it's amusing, particularly when it's a
highly trained/certified diver that falls that provides the amusement.
Instructors are the most fun, PADI instructors in particular.


Recycling the Cayman Brac story again? :-)

Shame of it is that the typical currents there are extremely minimal.


-hh

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