OUTFOXING THE SAUDI COAST GUARD
Outfoxing the Saudi Coast Guard
Sometimes to go diving in the best places in Saudi Arabia you have to Outfox the Saudi Coast Guard. It is their job to harass divers. Not because there is any rhyme or reason but because they feel they have to. You see, they derive their power from what they can Deny instead of what they can Provide.
Outside of Jeddah there is a shipwreck called The Mecca Wreck. It’s a good dive and for some unknown reason the Coast Guard decided they didn’t want anybody diving on the wreck. As anyone who has worked in Third World countries knows, “It’s easier to get forgiven than to get Permission.” We knew that if we got there and made the dive then it would be too late. The Dive had been made.
There were about six of us who wanted to make the dive. We knew we had to get out in the water before the patrol drove by. We stopped up the road and got everything ready and all we had to do was wait for them to go by and drive up and jump out of the car and take off while they were someplace else.
We scoped the layout and as we saw them go by we put the plan into action. We jumped out, got our tanks and off we went out to the reef about 150 yards off shore. One guy had equipment failure and had to stay back at the cars. We were about 100 yards out and we heard a horn honking. We knew it was them and they kept honking. “Nobody look back.” We continued out to the breakwater and down we went. We did the dive and it was cool.
Coming back in they were waiting for us. We got back to shore and they started hassling us about why we didn’t come back when they honked and of course we said, “Honking? We didn’t hear any honking." We then apologized profusely and they went away satisfied that they had shown us their power and mite. We drove home laughing and high-fiving knowing that we had outfoxed the Coast Guard, Again. Everybody was happy.
Sometimes to go diving in the best places in Saudi Arabia you have to Outfox the Saudi Coast Guard. It is their job to harass divers. Not because there is any rhyme or reason but because they feel they have to. You see, they derive their power from what they can Deny instead of what they can Provide.
Outside of Jeddah there is a shipwreck called The Mecca Wreck. It’s a good dive and for some unknown reason the Coast Guard decided they didn’t want anybody diving on the wreck. As anyone who has worked in Third World countries knows, “It’s easier to get forgiven than to get Permission.” We knew that if we got there and made the dive then it would be too late. The Dive had been made.
There were about six of us who wanted to make the dive. We knew we had to get out in the water before the patrol drove by. We stopped up the road and got everything ready and all we had to do was wait for them to go by and drive up and jump out of the car and take off while they were someplace else.
We scoped the layout and as we saw them go by we put the plan into action. We jumped out, got our tanks and off we went out to the reef about 150 yards off shore. One guy had equipment failure and had to stay back at the cars. We were about 100 yards out and we heard a horn honking. We knew it was them and they kept honking. “Nobody look back.” We continued out to the breakwater and down we went. We did the dive and it was cool.
Coming back in they were waiting for us. We got back to shore and they started hassling us about why we didn’t come back when they honked and of course we said, “Honking? We didn’t hear any honking." We then apologized profusely and they went away satisfied that they had shown us their power and mite. We drove home laughing and high-fiving knowing that we had outfoxed the Coast Guard, Again. Everybody was happy.
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