Quote: (Originally Posted by
robvdmr13)
he stated that they swam away from the reef after a large shark. The current was south to north and they got swept away. Normally the current is north to south and the boat was waiting at the south end of the reef.
Sounds familar. I was involved in a similar current change episode 10 years ago. One thing about the Elphinstone, the currents are unpredictable and you MUST stay close to the reef. The same applies for all offshore reefs in the red sea.
The egyptian boats do not track divers closely enough and that is unsafe. They make assumptions about where you might appear and dont tend to keep an eye out for bags. We would not do that in the UK.
Many times I have surfaced in the red sea and the boat is nowhere in sight. That very rarely happens in the UK.
Andy