The Emergency Response & Rescue Corps said that it has just installed 3 shot lines at the Gozo wrecks dive sites.
A diving shot line consists of a weight (the shot), a line and a buoy, the weight is dropped on the dive site.
The buoy marks the dive site for the people on the surface, who are generally on the dive boat, they in turn provide safety cover for the divers.
The line is used by divers to move between the surface and the dive site more safely and with ease, as well as a controlled position for in-water staged decompression stops and to prevent drift when ascending in a current.
The shot lines project has been funded by the Ministry for Gozo.
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1 Comment To "The ERRC installs three shot lines at Gozo wrecks dive sites"
#1 Comment By Eliza Portelli On June 22, 2014 @ 2:18 am
Thank you for bringing up the issue of rip currents that I wrote in about.