Komodo current stories
It started when we were on the "Sardine run" and Thimad, from Singapore, told us about his sister diving in Indonesia (I think at Komodo).
They felt a down current so strong they had to grab onto the side of the reef and gradually pull themselves up towards the surface. I started to get anxious!!
When we mentioned to Raymond, the Swiss guy who was staying at the homestay in Borneo, that we were going to Komodo, he told us his story. There was a party of divers in the water at the same time as him. They got into a strong current and all had to hook thrmsethem to a line. The one guy didn't manage and popped up to the surface, do the dive master told everyone to surface, and he rushed up to the guy. There was a couple in the group, a Chinese husband and Thai wife. He unclipped and went up. She was struggling with the current and although she had about 100 dives behind her, she started to panic when she couldn't reach her hook against the current. The husband and dive master waited at the top. No wife!! The husband, with the others got into the boat and the dive master started diving down looking for her. Nothing. Half an hour later, they still couldn't find her!!
She was in a total panic, mind a mess, waving frantically! Surely she could have unclipped the part attached to her if she couldn't pull herself to the other end? Fortunately for her, Raymond noticed her and managed to reach her. He undid her clip, held her and surfaced.
I was feeling a bit more anxious now, although the general advice has been to told to your dive master beforehabb, and follow his lead.
When we got to Komodo I was open about my fear of the currents, and Fundi was really good at holding onto me ☺️
He told us avoab a dive that went wrong with another party. Ten divers got caught in a current and swept far off course. When they surfaced there was nobody around!! They managed to swim to the island with all the Komodo dragons.... I assume someone stood guard. The waited. It got dark. I can only imagine how stressed the dive master must have been over night. Next day the ten on the island managed to wave down a boat sbb get rescued.
At the site we dived 9th November, there were down currents, and our dive master on the 10th said he knew of people getting washed down and away there, but no deaths.
Sounds like one needs to be careful in this area.
They felt a down current so strong they had to grab onto the side of the reef and gradually pull themselves up towards the surface. I started to get anxious!!
Thomas, front right
When we mentioned to Raymond, the Swiss guy who was staying at the homestay in Borneo, that we were going to Komodo, he told us his story. There was a party of divers in the water at the same time as him. They got into a strong current and all had to hook thrmsethem to a line. The one guy didn't manage and popped up to the surface, do the dive master told everyone to surface, and he rushed up to the guy. There was a couple in the group, a Chinese husband and Thai wife. He unclipped and went up. She was struggling with the current and although she had about 100 dives behind her, she started to panic when she couldn't reach her hook against the current. The husband and dive master waited at the top. No wife!! The husband, with the others got into the boat and the dive master started diving down looking for her. Nothing. Half an hour later, they still couldn't find her!!
She was in a total panic, mind a mess, waving frantically! Surely she could have unclipped the part attached to her if she couldn't pull herself to the other end? Fortunately for her, Raymond noticed her and managed to reach her. He undid her clip, held her and surfaced.
I was feeling a bit more anxious now, although the general advice has been to told to your dive master beforehabb, and follow his lead.
Raymond
When we got to Komodo I was open about my fear of the currents, and Fundi was really good at holding onto me ☺️
He told us avoab a dive that went wrong with another party. Ten divers got caught in a current and swept far off course. When they surfaced there was nobody around!! They managed to swim to the island with all the Komodo dragons.... I assume someone stood guard. The waited. It got dark. I can only imagine how stressed the dive master must have been over night. Next day the ten on the island managed to wave down a boat sbb get rescued.
Fundi, bottom right, and other dive master, Edward, above him.
At the site we dived 9th November, there were down currents, and our dive master on the 10th said he knew of people getting washed down and away there, but no deaths.
Sounds like one needs to be careful in this area.
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