We see snorkelers without guides on kayaks all the time going out to the cuts in the reef. I wonder if they are warned about the currents around the cuts. Every cut is essentially a rip current for all the water coming over the reef to get back to the ocean. Even during an incoming tide, there is still some current going out of the cuts. If you get caught in a strong outgoing tide, few swimmers or kayakers could fight their way back in. I have been diving here for twenty years. I still watch the tide chart and prefer to avoid Hol Chan when the tide is going out.

"Just another Day in Paradise"