Diver_Jan
Contributor
Thanks Tim!
I had my hat handed to me a couple of weeks ago at Shaw's, believe it or not.
Conditions were running 2-3' surf, but was doable. Buddy and I noticed a Rip Tide. No Biggie. We got in with our fins on our arm, got past the surf zone just fine. AFTER we got in, surf had picked up. So we pre planned our exit. Made our dive in 3-4' of viz (you know it's bad when you MISS the Arch! LOL). We had lots of surge pushing us 8-10' at a time. Despite bad conditions, we stayed down about an hour. on our way back and as we got closer to shore there was a STRONG undertow. We surfaced fairly close to shore. Rip Tide was still occurring, as well as a strong rip current which took me out about 30 to 40 yards almost to our drop down zone. I managed to swim always perpendicular to the current and finally was able to get out approximately 20 minutes later. We didn't get rolled, but we were beat from the exertion of trying to get out of the surf.
yeah, even Shaw's can get wicked!
I had my hat handed to me a couple of weeks ago at Shaw's, believe it or not.
Conditions were running 2-3' surf, but was doable. Buddy and I noticed a Rip Tide. No Biggie. We got in with our fins on our arm, got past the surf zone just fine. AFTER we got in, surf had picked up. So we pre planned our exit. Made our dive in 3-4' of viz (you know it's bad when you MISS the Arch! LOL). We had lots of surge pushing us 8-10' at a time. Despite bad conditions, we stayed down about an hour. on our way back and as we got closer to shore there was a STRONG undertow. We surfaced fairly close to shore. Rip Tide was still occurring, as well as a strong rip current which took me out about 30 to 40 yards almost to our drop down zone. I managed to swim always perpendicular to the current and finally was able to get out approximately 20 minutes later. We didn't get rolled, but we were beat from the exertion of trying to get out of the surf.
yeah, even Shaw's can get wicked!
