
I was drift diving off West Palm Beach, Florida. We had about a dozen dives go into the water. When our group of 4 divers surfaced we could not find our boat, we found six to eight dive boats! They all look the same from the surface. We grouped together, inflated a few safety sausages and waited. Another boat saw us and came over. We said we were ok, so he radioed our boat Captain, and we were picked up.
We were not concerned about being lost, but being run over, with so many dive boats picking up so many divers in the same area. The safety sausages made us visible for the boat Captains. Won't dive with out one now.