A buddy had a recent experience where he hung a strobe on the anchor line at the start of his dive. When he came back he was, fortunately, able to find the anchor line without a problem, but he couldn't see his strobe. During the dive, the current changed and the first number of feet of the anchor line dropped to the bottom. So, his strobe was laying on the bottom when he came back.
It seems like there are situations where one might want to mark an exit point with a strobe but not have anything up off the bottom that you can reliably hang the strobe on. So, it seems like an idea would be to put a (say) 15' leash on the strobe, with a float. Clip or tie the leash to something on the bottom (or take a weight down with you), and let the float hold the strobe up high, for you to see.
Thoughts on this? Any suggestions on a suitable float to use? It would obviously have to be something that wouldn't crush at depth.
It seems like there are situations where one might want to mark an exit point with a strobe but not have anything up off the bottom that you can reliably hang the strobe on. So, it seems like an idea would be to put a (say) 15' leash on the strobe, with a float. Clip or tie the leash to something on the bottom (or take a weight down with you), and let the float hold the strobe up high, for you to see.
Thoughts on this? Any suggestions on a suitable float to use? It would obviously have to be something that wouldn't crush at depth.