I wasnt disagreeing witht he way the OP ascended. For sure i wouldn't miss stops to stay on the shot. Thw whole point of a DSMB is to mark your position on the surface so that the skipper knows where you are.
If a strong current was expected, then that should have been taken into account with plans. I am surprised that the divers with potentially or planned longest run times were the last in, unless it was unavoidable (e.g faff time, kit problems etc
).