Some of the dives in Komodo National Park were
drift dives where we had to deal with a lot of current, so we chose not to bring our go pro!
As you can guess, the Drop Off is an exhilarating
drift dive where the rocky wall drops to over 30m.
With more experienced divers, it is possible to experience Red Rock as a drop - off /
drift dive where you enter the water at Red Rock, and exit a few hundred metres further South at Japanese Gardens.
Not exact matches
For example, the
drift adventure
dive would be done at Nusa Penida
where we have some superb currents.
Most of the
dives in this area are
drift wall
dives interspersed with sand channels
where you may spot southern stingrays, spotted eagle rays, moray eels, sea turtles, barracuda, grouper, dolphins, and a wide variety of smaller tropical fish.
I have experienced a tough
drift dive in Toyapakeh, at
where my divers had an unforgettably great
dive in Lembongan.
A less - expected night
dive takes place offshore of Kona,
where divers tethered below the boat
drift in darkness, using their
dive lights to spot an enigmatic nocturnal creature that rises from the depths.
Around the Bend -
Where you begin this
dive depends on which route you choose: it can be either a long deep
drift or an easy exploration of the lagoon area.
A nice
dive where the current will do the work and you just watch while you
drift along the wall.
Most diving in Cozumel is
drift diving,
where you are dropped off by the boat at the beginning of the
dive, carried along the reef by the current, then picked up at the end of your
dive by the boat.
There are not many places in the world
where you will be exposed to such diverse
dive sites, from very easy diving to thrilling
drift dives.
As for the best Coral life, I choose P.E.D. in Nusa Penida
where you can observe hard and soft corals while doing a
drift dive which amazing.
(IIRC Wegener's mechanism had continents
drifting over sea - floor crust,
where the latter would
dive under the leading continental edge and emerge from under the back edge.
Sperm whales have been observed sleeping in a vertical position near the surface of the water
where they cycle through a slow
drifting dive, sinking down into the water and then, in their sleep, swimming back up to the surface again.