Originally Posted by
Mary Larson
Has anyone had trouble with sea planes taking off in the house reef? We are here and I have now seen two planes take off where people can swim and am scared to go out.
We saw this on our trip and asked at the dive centre. We were told that the sea planes shouldn't, but do, land there. But also said that they are at least 200m from the reef edge. You're absolutely fine in the lagoon and along the line of the buoys that mark the reef.
If you're at all nervous then it's worth going out on an organised trip to the house reef as the team are excellent and (I think) pretty good value.
Personally, I'm always more nervous about other holidaymakers doing water sports as they can seldom "drive" their craft with any skill. For this reason I always wear a bright orange rash vest when swimming in open water and will often use a pull-buoy - to make it harder to miss me.
I understand the nervousness, but the absolute risk is vanishingly low.