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>awright@gs*.bt*.co*.uk* wrote: >If you come to the UK you may change your mind on that. It is a >standing joke here that you know you've found the wreck when you >bump into it. As several members of this list can attest my ability >to judge distances when the viz gets over 10 feet is extremely >suspect :-) It is a fact of diving here that there will be days >when you can't see your gauges further than 2" in front of your >mask. Yes, I'm no stranger to diving by brail in here No. California, but tell me honestly, what kind of dive are you doing with 2 inch of visibility? If you're looking at wildlife, you will more likely be testing the tensile strength of urchin spines against your face, (especially if there's any surge), and if you're wreck diving (looking), what can you hope to see in two inches except sharp rusted metal? It would be like hiking in the mountains at night in total pitch black darkness with nothing but a penlight flashlight to see the sights. Of course it would depend on whether the conditions vary, as they can change from 20 inches to 20 feet in just 10 feet in some locations, depending on the depth, currents, ect. And of course, here, even though YOU might not be able to see more than 2 inches, that doesn't mean the SHARKS can't see you perfectly as a huge electromagnetic blip on their radar screen...;)..Not that there are many White sharks left alive to be worring about.
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