Even it is rare accident during diving in Bali, but better checks the things before going to dive in Bali islands. Especially during monsoon the weather often unpredictable, many divers have to cancel because of the weather conditions. Although many divers still insist to go, because the precious time left in Bali.
Those Javanese divers which all of them female, had record more than 50 times diving. Even, two among those have diving certification as master and instructor. How they already had experienced but getting accident? There are several factors that can trigger. First, the weather condition which was so rapidly shifting. Both of, lack in accuracy is time count and dive location.
While choose dive location already noted for its current force, count becomes dive fruitfulness capital. Nusa Penida's oceanic waters, place tourist Japanese to dive, known by its current is easily arbitrary.
Therresia Soetamanggala is operator organizer at Octopus Diving based Nusa Lembongan (one of three Nusa Penida's compiler island), say, local waters character that gets current, making local operator just has 4-6 best time hours for guest to dive. ”With that time range, it is dificult to make 3rd dive,” say Therresia.
While for instance, on Friday, seven that Japanese tourist visits three dive location. First at Manta Point (Manta secret) then goes to Crystal Bay and last at Mangrove Sakenan Point.
Days that is reported available taut current and rain downwards swift. Base BMKG'S navigational data, wave high local is more than 1,5 meters.
They go down downwards water using Ocean Express's ship about hits 13.00. But, until for hours over, ships operator Agus Tinus and Gede Sukadana did not find any bubble to track the divers.
Oceanic undercurrent
If read ebb graph (tide chart) days that is day one before full moon. On hits 13.00 1400th tall high waters 1,62 meters, 1,30 meters, and goes on downwards until 0,78 meters.
The difference this tide high makes waters to get current. The one only option to dive that time is utilize current dive tech (drift dive).
Chairman of dive, instructor or master, should determine entry location and issue location that is passed on to other diver also to ships operator.
Otherwise planned, divers possible from Mangrove Sakenan Point most current drag until Blue Corner Point is spaced around 4 kilometers. It remembers tip Mangrove Sakenan is Blue Corner's door.
At Nusa Penida, More Blue Corner famous with epithet ” Jurassic Park ”. This because its difficult current is predicted and its contour as valley and bank furnished with big fish landscape, as tuna, bullray, stingray, eagle ray, manta ray, and shark.
According to Josaphat Sri Sumantyo, Chiba's University professor, Japan, to reporter, analisis synthetic aperture is radar (SAR) point out available oceanic undercurrent at Nusa Penida. This current happening because available sea level change at Oceanic Javanese and India Ocean. On season givening to flow to the south and another season to the north.
Condition of nature as it usually most reads properly by divers local. In consequence, better utilizes local diver that capable and understands current character and local waters. This make recreation dive becomes to rejoice and most dodge of accident.
