Silty Sam
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Anyone have suggestions for estimating or measuring current on a dive?
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Throw your buddy in the water and look where he ends up
That will never work: my buddy is bigger than me.
I have thrown a stick in the water, but of course that is only the current on the surface.
Just stop kicking and be motionless, see how far you drift in, say, 10 s. If you drift, say, 2m, that is 0.2 m/s, which is about 0.4 knots.Anyone have suggestions for estimating or measuring current on a dive?
Anyone have suggestions for estimating or measuring current on a dive?