Anyone hear about anything about a group of stranded divers getting rescued by the MX Coast Guard on the north end this morning?
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Anyone hear about anything about a group of stranded divers getting rescued by the MX Coast Guard on the north end this morning?
I don't care for Barracuda at all. But when we dive Northern site both my wife and I carry Nautilus locators (mine has marine radio), signal mirrors, flashlights and SMBs. You need to be able to save yourself.
Nope... Because there is no such thing as the "MX Coast Guard". You get blown off of a Coz northern reef which has the strongest currents in the entire Caribbean and get separated from your group no one is going to be looking for you other than your dive boat and you are going to be drifting fast. If you are diving the northern sites and your dive boat sinks for any reason before the captain can radio for help, everyone's destiny on that boat is a surface drift to somewhere in Gulf of Mexico in 24 hours search and rescue is looking for floating soccer balls over an area that is size of Texas. I'll NEVER dive those northern sites even if there may be swimming unicorns to be seen. Just 'cause a dive op will take you there, doesn't mean you should dive there.