first day of diving
got up kinda early for a quick run on the treadmill, ate some brekky and then it was out to the boat by 8:15 to gear up for the morning dives.
the water here is a color blue that i've never seen before. where the maldives is more of a deep turquoise color the water here is a rich sapphire blue - just surreal. and the visibility is unbelievable - 100+ feet. and it's warm - 77-79°F. one of the most impressive (and humbling) thing about the reefs here is that they generally start at around 40 or 50 feet and then just drop down to about 5 or 6 THOUSAND feet. you crest over a reef edge 50 feet down and suddenly you're looking at what's over a mile of beautiful blue abyss. then, before you know it, your gauges are reading 120, 130, 140 feet... you just get hypnotised by it. astounding. and frightening. i wonder what's down there...
today we saw a few barracuda... one of which must have been 4.5 feet long. there are tons of squirrelfish everywhere. which probably explains the large numbers of groupers in the area - squirrelfish yum yummy! there was also this cool chimney that my roomie/dive buddy, brian, found. the entrance started at around 85 feet down. we swam in for about 15 feet and then popped up out of it at around 40 feet. real fun. the vertical part of it you just needed to take in a deep breath and gently float up through it. no kicking involved.
it's been cool being here with everyone from the dive shop. everyone's real cool. brian certified me on my advance open water trining and he's the one helping me out with finishing my rescue diver training. excellent diver, really excited about life in general... great guy.
we ended up closing the bar out with some of the other guests. not too late. maybe 11pm. things close down early here. the bartenders already know my name and what i'm drinking - cuba libre baby!
the water here is a color blue that i've never seen before. where the maldives is more of a deep turquoise color the water here is a rich sapphire blue - just surreal. and the visibility is unbelievable - 100+ feet. and it's warm - 77-79°F. one of the most impressive (and humbling) thing about the reefs here is that they generally start at around 40 or 50 feet and then just drop down to about 5 or 6 THOUSAND feet. you crest over a reef edge 50 feet down and suddenly you're looking at what's over a mile of beautiful blue abyss. then, before you know it, your gauges are reading 120, 130, 140 feet... you just get hypnotised by it. astounding. and frightening. i wonder what's down there...
today we saw a few barracuda... one of which must have been 4.5 feet long. there are tons of squirrelfish everywhere. which probably explains the large numbers of groupers in the area - squirrelfish yum yummy! there was also this cool chimney that my roomie/dive buddy, brian, found. the entrance started at around 85 feet down. we swam in for about 15 feet and then popped up out of it at around 40 feet. real fun. the vertical part of it you just needed to take in a deep breath and gently float up through it. no kicking involved.
it's been cool being here with everyone from the dive shop. everyone's real cool. brian certified me on my advance open water trining and he's the one helping me out with finishing my rescue diver training. excellent diver, really excited about life in general... great guy.
we ended up closing the bar out with some of the other guests. not too late. maybe 11pm. things close down early here. the bartenders already know my name and what i'm drinking - cuba libre baby!
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