Originally Posted by Murr44

Had you previously saved the game at the position indicated in the screenshot? I'm asking because if you did it looks like you were awfully close to land.

I always perform a hydrophone check before saving. It won't eliminate the risk of a crash but I've found that it does help to the lower the risk. I know that it's been discussed ad nauseum but I think that the save game issues should have been addressed in a 1.5 patch. They're some of the most annoying bugs still present in the game.