Here is another couple that was underwater during the Tsunami:
Letter from a couple who were underwater during the Tsunami
Letter from a couple who were underwater during the Tsunami
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
rebharrop:There are a couple a good summary articles here at Divernet...
...and this one is a good article about divers in the waters at the time and what they experienced:
http://www.divernet.com/news/stories/tsunami040105.shtml
An excerpt from the article mentioned above: "Mark Reynolds, originally from Eastbourne, was running a dive from his Koh Samui-based dive school off the coast of Thailand when the wave struck. Fortunately he was diving on the sheltered side "
Huh? Samui is in the Gulf of Thailand, and wasn't struck! The entire island was on the "sheltered side" of the peninsula, so if Reynolds lost a diver that morning, there must be more to the story.