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Oh, now I remember that metal plate in my head.
I always wondered why I tipped to the port side. Just thought of it as un-ditchable weight.
Mess up my compass, eh?
I seem to remember my compass having a small air bubble in it...keep that centered on the compass face and you know it's level...
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Most problems using a compass originate in the user staring at it while swimming. Just point your compass to a point as far away as possible and swim to it. Repeat. It's that easy.
If you stare at your compass, you will veer off in one direction.
A compass needle does not need to move for you to veer off.Staring at the compass and don't see it move when veering off course? How does that work? I usually hold a course say 180 deg and watch ?stare? at it to make sure I don't veer off course. I'm in less than 10' vis most dives so pointing like on land doesn't work here, the OP will be doing his NAV dives in RI.