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Dive #9: Komodo Passage Gili Lawa Laut, Komodo, Indonesia

• Time: 25 minutes
• Max depth: 14 meters
• Temperature: 27 degrees Celsius
• Visibility: 15 meters
• Current: 2 nautical miles per hour
• Slope coral
• Fish, etc.: Parrot Hunchback Fish, Giant Sweet Lips, Grouper.

We came up after just 20 minutes because the current was pushing strongly against us. We held on to some coral for a few minutes and observed the fish. The current was a little weaker low down on the sand. We ascended after a few minutes of hanging on because we couldn't make any progress.

When we came up, Jerome explained that the current changed since he checked it. He saw no current when he checked. But in the 10-15 minutes between his check and our dive, the tide built a strong current against us and it was strengthening. If we continued to hang on to the coral, "we would have been like a flag in the wind in a few minutes," said Jerome.

We saw a healthy number of fish in spite of the short dive. Schools of 50 fish swam through the channel.

posted by Li at 3:58 AM