Ardy
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- Location
- Australia - Southern HIghlands NSW
- # of dives
- 2500 - 4999
In my 35 years of diving I have seen many divers OOA, gear problems and physical problems ie ears but they all got out the water OK. The thing that seems the most common problem is getting OOC (out of control) in current. Every second dive trip I take someone gets swept away mostly only a couple of hundred metres but enough to scare the living daylights out of them. The good operators keep a dinghy in the water to go and collect them. It seems that diving in current is taken a bit too casually by a lot of divers and some boat operators.
It is the one thing, as an old water logged diver that really worries me. I did a dive trip on the Barrier Reef about 10 years ago and we were all going in for a night dive. I looked over the side and the current was ripping past the boat so I declined. The tender was out looking for some of the Japanese for about 30 mins in the dark. Luckily they were all found.
It seems to me the one inconsistent thing that can bring us into a lot of grief and I just dont want to consider a down current.
It is the one thing, as an old water logged diver that really worries me. I did a dive trip on the Barrier Reef about 10 years ago and we were all going in for a night dive. I looked over the side and the current was ripping past the boat so I declined. The tender was out looking for some of the Japanese for about 30 mins in the dark. Luckily they were all found.
It seems to me the one inconsistent thing that can bring us into a lot of grief and I just dont want to consider a down current.