Top 10 Signs It's Time to Take a Navigation Course

10) That familiar-looking school of fish are now laughing and pointing at you as you pass them for the third time.

9) The boat crew asks if you would like to stow your towel aboard the rescue Zodiac so it will be handy when you finish your dives.

8) The fish keep eating the breadcrumb trail you intend to follow back to the dive boat.

7) It's become necessary to carry your passport with you on every dive.

6) Your spouse sewed an "If lost, please return to" patch into your wetsuit.

5) Your pre-dive checklist includes notifying the local search and recovery unit of your dive plan.

4) Your wife nags you to stop at the next cleaning station for directions.

3) You've reprogrammed your dive computer to access mapquest.com.

2) You started a shore dive in Bonaire but you surface near Klein Bonaire.

1) You've boarded the wrong dive boat after a dive.