DM's (and Instructors or rescue divers) can be handy to have around - even if not guiding. They are supposed to be trained rescue coodinators - and have choices of action unavilable to a non-diving boat crew, however skilled.
(My name is frank, I'm an emergency responder, may I help you? - Hows that for beating the ole "Dr livingstone" routine)
This can make a crucial difference no matter how skilled and self-sufficient the submerged divers are. After all - It is the sea.
Santa.
(My name is frank, I'm an emergency responder, may I help you? - Hows that for beating the ole "Dr livingstone" routine)
This can make a crucial difference no matter how skilled and self-sufficient the submerged divers are. After all - It is the sea.
Santa.