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Originally Posted by Jarrett
Yeah, great report. You guys sound like dive machines with all the "swimming to the island" and stuff. Hope we can dive together sometime.
Oh, what precautions do you take when diving a lake that is shared with boats/jetskis?
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When I dive with jet skis all around me I always allow Sealskin98 to be the first one to surface if he wants.
Actually... Just listen and don't come up when the noise level is really high and don't come up near the dive flag. I know that sounds strange but people usually don't know what the dive flag is and are attracted to it. I like to think of it as a decoy.
One method is stay to a long way away from it if you can till you can actually see whats up on top.
The other method is to find the weight for the dive flag on the bottom and tow it to the base of the rocky cliffs where you entered the water.
Sometimes you need to do both.
Some States/places have rules against "towing a dive flag" so let go of it before you surface and nobody will be the wizer.
Final note... Jet skis are fast and noisy but low draft and skim over the surface.
Sail boats are slow , quiet and have deep running keels :11:
I'm more afraid of those things!!! ( 'wish I had one though !!)