Well,with the stern out of the water as she crosses the crest, as the boat slides down the back of the wave and starts up the front of the next wave, the platform is at its lowest point in the wave front. When you got "BIG ROLLERS" divers space out behind boat, DM tosses out a long floater line with five or six bites in the line. Diver unclips bottles and clips them to line. The DM then pulls the bottles aboard and then tosses line for diver the line.As the boat crosses the trough, the boat makes its climb up the wave front and diver is pullled up the platform like a seal on its belly. I have done it many times.When you pay good money to dive, you find solutions. Try it sometime, it really does work out. I have done many innovative solutions to dive. I prefer to dive deep wrecks, up current, and the boat free of the wreck.Your team makes it straight to the bottom, floats to the wreck, leaves the wreck as a team, shoot bags,float your deco as team, and surface as a team. Saves the deco stress on the line, and at all times you are team supported. Quite a few times we have blown by the wreck, now you turn it into a "realestate dive". Dive it as you would a wreck, floating above the bottom on the fly! You would be surprised at the things you discover, as you fly along. So , its not impossible to negotiate big wave action, its how you do it. Now, I wouldn't support this type of diving for Rec. divers, but if you are at home in the ocean, and have your **** real tight, these dives are not to difficult. Oh, yes, I have gotten separated from my team, followed same procedure, drift,shoot bag,do deco, surface, etc, etc,...Thank You.......Capt Tom
