Good day to all,
I was wondering if u guys can help me with what happen in my recent dive. This happened in Malaysia. My buddy have done abt 20 dives and for me 30.
It was in the afternoon, there was 6 divers and 1 DM on the boat. We were told to drop off at a mooring line and dive to a ship wreck at abt 24m and a drift will carry us to the reefs at abt 15m-16m. From there we will circle the reef call it a day. Total dive time abt 45min give or take. This is where the problem starts.
When my buddy and I jumped in, we could feel that the current was pushing us out, the opposite of what the DM told us and the current is very strong. He threw us a line and towed us to the mooring buoys. He told us to descent while holding the mooring line (this is where the wreck is) and wait for him coz he will join us shortly. While descending to abt 15m we could still feel the strong current coz we were flying like superman but we continued down to the wreck. When we were at the wreck (24.3M) I checked my air and it showed 150 bar. Down below the water was calm. And so we waited for abt 10 mins but nobody came. My buddy suggested we swim to the reef but I refuse coz both of us dont know where the reef is.
So I call off the dive and both of us head up the mooring line to the buoy knowing very well that the monster current is waiting for us. When we reach the buoy we were still atb 10 to 15 feet from the surface. I used my SMB and attached the cave line to the submerge buoy and head for the surface. The boat pick us up when they spotted us. The DM was on the boat. He told us that when he jumped in, he was swept out to sea and had to be pick up by the boatmen. When they came back, they couldn't find the buoy so they were circling around trying to find the buoy.
So, all 7 jumped in. 3 was swept out to sea and the boatmen pick them up. 2 manage to swim to the reef and spent abt 40 mins there. Me and my buddy was hanging at the mooring line.
After we were picked up, my buddy said that we should have tried for the reef but he dont know the direction.
But thank God nothing happened.
What was the right thing to do? Should I listen to my buddy and try for the reef?
Any comments from the more experience divers here?
I was wondering if u guys can help me with what happen in my recent dive. This happened in Malaysia. My buddy have done abt 20 dives and for me 30.
It was in the afternoon, there was 6 divers and 1 DM on the boat. We were told to drop off at a mooring line and dive to a ship wreck at abt 24m and a drift will carry us to the reefs at abt 15m-16m. From there we will circle the reef call it a day. Total dive time abt 45min give or take. This is where the problem starts.
When my buddy and I jumped in, we could feel that the current was pushing us out, the opposite of what the DM told us and the current is very strong. He threw us a line and towed us to the mooring buoys. He told us to descent while holding the mooring line (this is where the wreck is) and wait for him coz he will join us shortly. While descending to abt 15m we could still feel the strong current coz we were flying like superman but we continued down to the wreck. When we were at the wreck (24.3M) I checked my air and it showed 150 bar. Down below the water was calm. And so we waited for abt 10 mins but nobody came. My buddy suggested we swim to the reef but I refuse coz both of us dont know where the reef is.
So I call off the dive and both of us head up the mooring line to the buoy knowing very well that the monster current is waiting for us. When we reach the buoy we were still atb 10 to 15 feet from the surface. I used my SMB and attached the cave line to the submerge buoy and head for the surface. The boat pick us up when they spotted us. The DM was on the boat. He told us that when he jumped in, he was swept out to sea and had to be pick up by the boatmen. When they came back, they couldn't find the buoy so they were circling around trying to find the buoy.
So, all 7 jumped in. 3 was swept out to sea and the boatmen pick them up. 2 manage to swim to the reef and spent abt 40 mins there. Me and my buddy was hanging at the mooring line.
After we were picked up, my buddy said that we should have tried for the reef but he dont know the direction.
But thank God nothing happened.
What was the right thing to do? Should I listen to my buddy and try for the reef?
Any comments from the more experience divers here?