Outlander: How was the water so calm for Jamie to dive into?

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When Claire went overboard in the Outlander season 3 finale, Jamie did the only thing he knew: dove in to save her.

The Outlander season 3 finale opened with Claire tangled in a mast, being pulled to the depths of the ocean. It later transpired that on the way back to Scotland, she’d been pulled overboard the Artemis during a storm. Jamie had to dive into save her.

Yet fans are curious about something. How was the water so calm and peaceful, considering there was a storm raging above? It took the realism for some, especially when he got back to the surface and the storm had disappeared.

It’s calmer beneath the surface

Let’s start with the issue of the calm waters. It’s certainly calmer beneath the surface, so the calmness as Jamie swam to Claire wasn’t that unrealistic. In fact, it was as expected.

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What was a little unrealistic was Jamie diving in around the same point that Claire was sinking. The only explanation is that the storm had kept the ship in somewhat the same position moving back and forth in the waves. He was then able to dive in, located her quickly (although he wouldn’t have been able to see in the darkness) and swim to her.

Really, it was just fiction created for the story. Coincidences happen on a big scale in fictional tales.

Some have questioned the likelihood of him diving in with his dirk (his sword). He wasn’t expecting to get back to the ship after diving him. There’s no way he would have taken his dirk off, in case he was separated from it.

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They were in the eye of the storm

When Jamie came back to the surface, they were in the eye of the storm. It’s always at its calmest in the eye and it can be breathtakingly beautiful. In fact, the pull back from the storm was absolutely gorgeous and beautiful directing from Matt B. Roberts.

It is possible the eye of the storm had started as Jamie dove in. This could have given him time to look into the water and possibly see the mast sinking to the bottom. He would have had time to dive in with a rough idea of Claire’s location.

Sometimes fiction can take you out of the storyline. This was one of those cases for some fans, but there are elements that are explainable.

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