SD>Steve, this past weekend I dove in the gulf about 50 ft
SD>of water and came upon a wonderful reef out in the middle
SD>of a desert.  As my dive partner suffered equipment
SD>failure, I tried to maintain the location.
SD>
SD>What i would request is comments on ways to keep from
SD>losing a location, as this was the outcome.
I just read Lee Bell's reply to this message, so I wont
try to duplicate his excellent suggestions to your question.
If you're looking for a piece of equipment that can be carried
by a diver in their BC, then I'd recommend the little yellow
marker buoy that many dive shops have available.  It's smaller
than a soda can and has about 100 yards of line attached to a
high-viz plastic float.  To operate, you pull the cotter pin
off of the float which releases a small lead weight.  The line
unrolls and your yeloow float pops to the surface.  I've used
it underwater as well as tossing it off of a dive boat as an
initial marker buoy.
Most of us also use the Day-glo Clorox bottle with a couple
of hundred feet of attached line as a great way of marking a site.
--- Tanline inspector
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