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# Upon surfacing from the dive, the boat was nowhere in sight. On
# previous dives, the crew always followed our bubbles very cautiously.
# This time, probably due to the waves, they didn't :-(

# It took us a while to spot the boat, again, due to the waves. Then
# we tried our whistles (attached to the inflator hose), not good
# enough. Visions of 3 divers floating to Cuba began to appear :-)


The dive master of a boat I was on in the Sea of Cortez last year told me
a story of three divers he had a couple months earlier. Seems these divers
swam around a small island during the course of their dive. Out of air,
they surfaced and not seeing the boat, just sort of hung there. The current
made friends with them in no time at all. The DM said they found the three
about 3 to 4 miles away still drifting and chatting away. They never keyed
into the seriousness of their situation. Whistles and flags wouldn't have
been of much use behind an obstruction. Flares maybe, presuming they knew
enough to help themselves. But if the boat is anchored close enough to an
obstruction (island) it's quite possible folks on board won't be able to
the flares.

Don't know if it matters but they were from Texas. :)


-Joseph Crunk
 joseph@sm*.co*

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