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1. HELLO KOMODO!
"That's a mighty big boat for only four divers!"
Yup... one of the (many) joys of diving before the Tourist Season. The Wet Season continues to be a fallacy - a few clouds, for sure, but the scary sounding 'North West Monsoon' is nothing more than a gentle zephyr caressing the surface of the water.
Underwater - different story!
"Right folks, we're going for a 'negative entry'."
(Pardon me... kindly speak English.)
"Air out of your jackets, breathe out as you roll back into the water, hang onto your masks and head straight for the bottom".
(Ahh... thank you, NOW I understand!).
Everything except the last bit was easy to achieve... 'the bottom' where we entered the water quickly became 'the bottom somewhere behind us' as the current whipped us through a wild ride. Flashing past corals, clams, fish, "what WAS that?... too late... Whoops - over that outcrop. Dive Leader disappearing into the distance... better keep up... Hey - now she's behind me... better slow down!
After 10-15 min of joyriding, the swirling water spits us out into the (relative) calm of a coral garden - a perfect place to slow the heartbeat (and the breathing) and re-group.
Hello Komodo indeed - they weren't kidding when they said "The currents around here can be 'interesting'!". Top marks to Coco (the Dive Leader, not the Clown) - her pre-dive briefing was impeccable... we knew what to expect (sort of!). It was like the Clarence Straits off Darwin and the Torres Straits off Cape York - but with visibility!
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