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My best week diving was a total mess on the surface

We had a salvage job in the Gulf where the boat captain kept dropping us off-target. I spent 45 minutes just finding the wreck each dive. Anyone else think a bad topside crew can ruin even simple work?

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janarivera9d ago

Oh man, that sounds so frustrating. I've had days where the boat crew just can't hold position, and you're down there burning through your bottom time just doing a search pattern. It turns a straightforward job into a total puzzle, and you come up feeling like you did all the hard work for nothing. A good topside team is everything.

the_lee9d ago

Remember my buddy's survey dive that got scrapped? The deckhand kept throwing the shot line right into a snag of old fishing nets.

claire_gibson9d ago

It's wild how a simple mistake topside can wreck the whole dive plan. I've seen a dropped anchor chain get tangled in a wreck's superstructure, and suddenly the whole job shifts from mapping to a risky recovery op. That deckhand probably had no idea each throw was burying the line deeper. Makes you wonder if some basic cross-training would help the surface crew picture what's happening below.