Who is the dive lead and who are the other guides please?
Trip Report Carpe Vita Real Time Review: March 7-18, 2021 Trip to Maldives Deep South
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Dan
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My DM is Chakku. The other 2 DMs are Ali & Naathi.
This is awesome! I'm going to be doing a similar trip in a month, so very excited to hear your experiences and get excited about diving again! Did you spend a night in Gan on the way in? How often do you have wireless signal?
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Dan
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Yes, the Captain in Edem.
Chakku is the current dive leader. Zina was here 5 years ago. He is now working in Carpe Diem resort.
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I arrived Gan around 5pm on Mar. 7. Gan is in the southern part of the Addu Atoll. We sailed a bit to the northern side of Addu Atoll & spent overnight there.
We got wireless signal whenever we were near Atolls. So far we had no signal when we sailed from Addu Atoll to Fuvahmulah (~ 3 hours) and from Fuvahmulah to Maareha, Southern Huvadhoo Atoll (~ 5 hours).
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Dive 9 was at Nilandhoo Kandu, another reef hook dive. We saw more Reef Sharks in the blue.
This time the current was too strong & broke the coil wire off my reef hook. I flew off to Chakku. He managed to grab my BCD and gave me time to grab on a handhold crevice with my left hand (as the right hand was holding my camera). I hung on to the hand hold until zero NDL. He then retrieved my reef hook from the rock & we went flying off the ridge to the channel (Kandu), where we also got into a whirlpool & up/down current. What a crazy dive. I’ll post my dive profile in the later trip report.
Went we were back on the Dhoni, there was another diver had broken reef hook line & another diver with bent reef hook.
Bottom depth was 93 ft (28 m) with 49 minutes of dive time.
This time the current was too strong & broke the coil wire off my reef hook. I flew off to Chakku. He managed to grab my BCD and gave me time to grab on a handhold crevice with my left hand (as the right hand was holding my camera). I hung on to the hand hold until zero NDL. He then retrieved my reef hook from the rock & we went flying off the ridge to the channel (Kandu), where we also got into a whirlpool & up/down current. What a crazy dive. I’ll post my dive profile in the later trip report.
Went we were back on the Dhoni, there was another diver had broken reef hook line & another diver with bent reef hook.
Bottom depth was 93 ft (28 m) with 49 minutes of dive time.
drrich2
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How prevalent is reef hook use in Maldives diving? It's my understanding it's prevalent in Palau; hadn't heard about Maldives.
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Dan
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I downloaded my Dive 9 (#949) profile from Shearwater Teric to iPhone 11 Pro Max via Bluetooth and record in text here since I can’t upload the graphic file (picture) due to weak wifi signal.
Time (min) Depth (ft)
0. —- 0
2. —- 93
27.—- 93
32.—- 38
33.—- 57
34. —- 47
36. —- 55
37. —- 20
38. —- 46
39.—- 14
41. —- 25
43. —- 16
47. —- 16
49. —- 0
Time (min) Depth (ft)
0. —- 0
2. —- 93
27.—- 93
32.—- 38
33.—- 57
34. —- 47
36. —- 55
37. —- 20
38. —- 46
39.—- 14
41. —- 25
43. —- 16
47. —- 16
49. —- 0
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Dan
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It is regularly used since the Atolls have a lot of open channels, straits between islands, where current would funnel through.
The actions are on ripping current through the channel with clear blue water. Visibilities were > 100 ft.
We are not allowed to wear gloves. So, bring your reef hook & pointer when you go diving in Maldives.
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