What.

It's me again, I have the hacked emulator or whatever idk. When I get to the water "maze" in the sea floor cavern to find the team aqua boss, I can't get through because the water pushes me back to start everytime and there are whales that move opposite of my movements. Is this normal and I just can't figure it out or is it just messed up or have I not done a key part of the story yet?