Current at Raja Ampat?

[Dan]

This tide chart is pretty useful as reference:

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[Dan]

I’m taking 6 other dive buddy with me. We’ll be on Blue Manta in 3 weeks (Feb 19-29). It was planned in Jan 2020 for February 2022, but because of Covid, the trip was rescheduled to February 2024. I think I’m ready for it.

This reef hook kit, below, is always in my BCD pocket.

 

[Lorraine Mooney]

Thanks for your honesty. I'm looking forward to going but am taking your comments seriously. In the Galapagos and in the Red Sea, guides did not take care of us. We were with a buddy or sometimes left solo! I've been diving in Indonesia and always felt the guides were on their game.

I was in RA on a LOB in December South to North and back to Central. There were some strong currents, but not unmanageable. I only used a hook maybe 3 times in 5 weeks. The LOB I was on had conscientious guides, we were in groups of 4. I have experienced stronger currents in the Maldives, but of course it could be better or worse or a mixture when you are there. Take your reef hook, talk to the guides and pay attention to the briefings…..unlike a woman on our trip who was late for every.single.briefing……:selfish, disrespectful and unsafe….Enjoy!

 

[MikeOWaterloo]

When I was there in Dec. 2022, currents were an issue for me not because they were exceptionally bad, but because aside from the occasional drift dive, I'm not good with current.

Same

If you're anything like me, fat, not in particularly good shape and middle-aged, with a large cross sectional area for current to push against, that gets old.

Same as you, and not only does it get old, but my problem is that I spend so much effort keeping with the group that I am breathing more (and not focussing on my breathing) that I burn through the tank twice as fast.

This happened to me in Cozumel on a drift dive with a strong current. As a result, I had to go up early, and missed the Eagle Rays munching on conches that my more oxygen-efficient wife happily informed me about