Dangerous Waters
“Anchors secure. “Ready?”
His boss nodded and did a final equipment check.
Finn handed him a dive light. “Don’t turn it on yet.” He glanced around the rocky cliffs that surrounded the sheltered cove. The outcrops were topped with craggy pines and Douglas fir. Crow Point—it was remote and sparsely populated, no chance of rescue should things go pear-shaped.
It was creeping toward dusk and would be full dark when they came back up. He was in charge of dive safety and dive training at the local mar...ine lab, and it went against every principle not to have a surface crew on a dive this dangerous.
Conditions were perfect.
On the low edge of a neap tide cycle. Flat calm and nothing in the forecast to cause any concern. But there was a reason this part of Vancouver Island was called the Graveyard of the Pacific, and relying on forecasts was for fools and novices. Barkley Sound was notorious for violent squalls and surging swells that came out of nowhere and sucked you down into the pitiless black depths and never let go.MoreLess
His boss nodded and did a final equipment check.
Finn handed him a dive light. “Don’t turn it on yet.” He glanced around the rocky cliffs that surrounded the sheltered cove. The outcrops were topped with craggy pines and Douglas fir. Crow Point—it was remote and sparsely populated, no chance of rescue should things go pear-shaped.
It was creeping toward dusk and would be full dark when they came back up. He was in charge of dive safety and dive training at the local mar...ine lab, and it went against every principle not to have a surface crew on a dive this dangerous.
Conditions were perfect.
On the low edge of a neap tide cycle. Flat calm and nothing in the forecast to cause any concern. But there was a reason this part of Vancouver Island was called the Graveyard of the Pacific, and relying on forecasts was for fools and novices. Barkley Sound was notorious for violent squalls and surging swells that came out of nowhere and sucked you down into the pitiless black depths and never let go.MoreLess
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