Question Strategies to Deal with Down Currents

[Tripp]

There have been several deaths reported in the Accidents column that are related to divers possibly being swept suddenly by down currents. Experts: please educate us on strategies to identify and deal with sudden down currents. Thank you!

 

[tursiops]

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DOWN CURRENTS -Any with true real-life experience?

Reading the latest thread about the witnessed down current fatality in Cozumel, (Tourist lost - Cozumel) I was wondering if anyone here has actually experienced a true DOWN CURRENT incident, and more importantly, how did you survive it? I have experienced "out currents" in Cozumel, but never a...

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