Out-running the storm
On one nine-day passage from Nosy Be, Madagascar to Durban, South Africa, we had planned a stop of 12 hours at an atoll reef called Bassas da India, to dive the surrounding deep-sea pinnacles. All of the crew were experienced divers and we were all very excited at the prospect of diving this reef, which is hundreds of miles from the nearest land.
After three days sailing, as we began to approach the atoll, to my great concern when I downloaded the weather charts for the next five days,
