How close does a sub get to shore?

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Originally Posted by Deathblow

Hm... yeah I always thought that that Russian Rebellion mission when the 688 is spying on a the Chinese is shallow water with *2ft* under the keel was a bit much...

For the entire time my belly was scraping the bottom, I was thinking that there was going to be a scripted event where my sub sucked up some slit and the entire plant died, leaving me to run on batteries and diesels while escaping from the enemy.

I've remember hearing that SC modeled water so that visible detection was possible is that true?

If it is, I've never seen it. Most indication I've gotten that a sub was breaking the surface was the wake sometimes appearing before the bow had actually broken. Other than that, just a solid sea of nothing but water.