Ghosty
Contributor
My first time in Coz, first tank was on Santa Rosa Wall on a high current day. It was SO frustrating that it almost soured me on Coz, right from the start. But of course I went with the flow and group and did well to not waste air trying to stay exactly the same short distance from the bottom and still not fly right into outcroppings, etc. If anything that dive was really good "training", when most every following dive was more easy and enjoyable. But it did sorta sour me on Santa Rosa now, lol. Don't know if I would choose that as an option next time I'm in Coz and everyone's deciding where to go. Same with our 2nd tank on San Clemente, was not enjoyable. But all the other six dives were! Even the Palancar Bricks swim-throughs, Columbia Deep, and moderate currents were all very enjoyable.Other than low on air or out of air I agree with everything. I hate drift diving. I tried to take photos in Cozumel with a group that wanted to drift along. I wasted so much air trying to keep up with everyone. Surfacing into a minefield of moving boats is scary as well. I prefer looking around a reef or wreck for different animals, not racing past them.
I liked your list of everything, definitely have that same plan in the back of my head when I run through "what-ifs".Situation 1: The DM and the group are swimming cross current to stay close to the reef. You can not keep up. Your air is running low - 600 psi at 60 ft. What to do?? You can not signal to your buddy, because he is huffing and puffing to stay with the group.