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anyone have tips for how to better get to stuff you want to get to when there is a current keeping you from getting there?
i hate currents
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Come back when the currents are not so strong.
Drop down upcurrent and drift down to the target.
Use a DPV.
Put on the extra 75 pound weight harness and just walk up to the target. This one is only recomended if surface supplied.
Sometimes you just have to wait for better conditions.
Drop down upcurrent and drift down to the target.
Use a DPV.
Put on the extra 75 pound weight harness and just walk up to the target. This one is only recomended if surface supplied.
Sometimes you just have to wait for better conditions.
Keep as low to the bottom as possible - its sometimes more sheltered
If gulleys or a wreck then try going along the other wide of them - it could be sheltered.
If its not coral or anything breakable you can move far easier making yourself fairly negative and using your hands to pull your way along the bottom.
If gulleys or a wreck then try going along the other wide of them - it could be sheltered.
If its not coral or anything breakable you can move far easier making yourself fairly negative and using your hands to pull your way along the bottom.
Swim close to the bottom ... the current is usually weaker there because of friction with the bottom.
Make yourself as sreamlined as possible, pulling in your arms and hands, making sure gear is clipped tight, make sure your trim is as good as possible. Even being slightly head up or feet up in a current turns your body into a sail pulling you backward.
Use obstructions, like coral heads, etc. to block the current where possible.
As long as you are not damaging the reef, use the bottom or rocks to pull yourself along.
If the current is a half knot or more, it's probably not worth the effort or even possible to swim against it for long periods.
Make yourself as sreamlined as possible, pulling in your arms and hands, making sure gear is clipped tight, make sure your trim is as good as possible. Even being slightly head up or feet up in a current turns your body into a sail pulling you backward.
Use obstructions, like coral heads, etc. to block the current where possible.
As long as you are not damaging the reef, use the bottom or rocks to pull yourself along.
If the current is a half knot or more, it's probably not worth the effort or even possible to swim against it for long periods.
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