Yesterday I had a DSD (Intro dive) to conduct. Nice lady, American, curently living in Bali, volunteer working in a childrens home. We watched the safety videos, completed all paperwork, finished the classroom session and headed to the pool. The usual fun and games trying to get a 5mm full wetsuit on when your hot and sticky, always good for a laugh, its like having a complete workout in 36 degrees C. We jumped into the pool, completed the 4 skill circuit without any problems, bimbled around the deep end practicing buoyancy before being let out into the ocean.
Quick jukung ride out to Blue Lagoon where the conditions seemed perfect, and the dive went perfectly for 20 minutes until the current changed. Suddenly we were in a massive down current with our bubbles coming up from underneath us! With full contact and control of the DSD student, we ascended, popped the safety sausage and hung on for the 3 minute safety stop. When we finally surfaced, we had been swept a good 500 metres around the corner into the next bay and along Tanjung Jepun.
As usual the boat crew had been following bubbles (and the sausage) and were just above us at the surface, so back onto the boat after 33 minutes of pure exhilaration, being swept along, watching sealife rush past.
Not sure what the student really thought, she seemed to enjoy the experience, and will certainly have a story to tell when she gets home.
Just show you how quickly the currents can change in the beautiful, powerful ocean we call home.
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