SUUNTO SK-7 DIVE COMPASS - Manual (Page 9)

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- Avoid swimming long distances “in the blue”. With
practice you can swim straight by holding the compass
constantly in front of your face, making sure that the
direction line as precisely as possible points in your
swimming direction. This can be facilitated by holding
the compass in your hand instead of attaching it to your
wrist. When possible, start by diving straight down to the
bottom, then use the compass to follow fixed points, as
described above.
- In clear water, the compass can be used to swim in a
search pattern over a fairly large area. Count your swim
kick pairs (each left or each right kick), swimming on one
of the main bearings (North, South, East, West). Count
to 100 kick pairs (roughly 100 meters), turn 90 degrees,
swim a few kicks, then turn 90 degrees further, and
again swim 100 kick pairs. The pattern is continued for
as long as necessary. The side displacement between
the long legs in a search pattern depends on visibility.
Make it preferably shorter than theoretically possible, as
your directional error on the long legs is apt to be in the
order of several degrees.
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