Hi all, i have a question about dive practice. I was recently on a dive trip in Maldives and quite disappointed with one of the dive.
We were promised a "shark dive" at one of the channels with strong incoming current so we were quite excited. The dive operator always has a fixed dive schedule, always at the same time in the morning. The guide always jumps first to do "current check" and he climbs back to the boat and informs us about the current; incoming, outgoing, strong, little, left or right shoulder, etc.
Today, the guide informed us there was only very little incoming current. I was already suspicious before jumping that we might not see any action. We finally jumped, using negative entry, and there was almost no current and the channel was empty. Not a single shark. The are was covered with dead corals and nothing else to see. We searched around and end the dive after only half an hour.
We were quite disappointed because it was our last dive during holiday. I totally understand that you can't promise you will see this or that but they advertised with almost certainty we would see sharks. Furthermore, I asked the guide why didn't we check tide table to predict the current? And he said they didn't use it because it had nothing to do with tide table. I was quite surprised because I thought tide table was used to predict current.
Is this a common practice in Maldives where the guide jumps first to check the current instead of using tide table? Thank you.
We were promised a "shark dive" at one of the channels with strong incoming current so we were quite excited. The dive operator always has a fixed dive schedule, always at the same time in the morning. The guide always jumps first to do "current check" and he climbs back to the boat and informs us about the current; incoming, outgoing, strong, little, left or right shoulder, etc.
Today, the guide informed us there was only very little incoming current. I was already suspicious before jumping that we might not see any action. We finally jumped, using negative entry, and there was almost no current and the channel was empty. Not a single shark. The are was covered with dead corals and nothing else to see. We searched around and end the dive after only half an hour.
We were quite disappointed because it was our last dive during holiday. I totally understand that you can't promise you will see this or that but they advertised with almost certainty we would see sharks. Furthermore, I asked the guide why didn't we check tide table to predict the current? And he said they didn't use it because it had nothing to do with tide table. I was quite surprised because I thought tide table was used to predict current.
Is this a common practice in Maldives where the guide jumps first to check the current instead of using tide table? Thank you.