PLUGGING INTO THE MALDIVES
SEAWATER IS 800 TIMES AS DENSE AS AIR, SO YOU END UP WITH A FIVE-KNOT OCEAN CURRENT HAVING MORE KINETIC ENERGY THAN A 350KM/H WIND
Years ago, while on a surf trip in the Maldives, I found myself getting swept backwards at a proverbial rate of knots while trying to fight against the current and paddle back to the top of the reef. I eventually gave up and resigned myself to the liquid conveyor belt running into the atoll, but it got me thinking…
