Tuesday, October 09, 2007
The First Dive
The first dive is a good dive—it’s like coming home. Do the fish miss us? Do they wonder where we’ve been?
Our first dive is at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. The Divemaster asks where we’d like to dive. It really doesn’t matter because any dive, right now, is great! We’re headed for Palancar Gardens Deep. There’s some weather close to the island which makes for some swift and tricky currents. The Divemaster warns us about the swift current he’d heard about from the Divemasters in the morning. We know what to do.
We’re off with Alberto, our Divemaster—there’s just six of us. We head for the huge coral heads about 80 feet below. Alberto takes us on the scenic tour, weaving in and out of the coral heads. Greg and I see a small eel poking out of a crevice in the coral. No one else from our group sees him—he’s our little secret. Just a short distance away, we see a swirling cone of fish—it looks like a tornado, but made entirely of small fish. It was truly amazing! We’d seen something like this on a show on the Discovery Channel and in Finding Nemo. The tornado of fish—again, our secret as the others in our group were too far ahead.
Other things we saw on the dive: a turtle heading to the surface for air, red banded shrimp, and lots of other fish too numerous to spell out here.
It was a great dive—a peaceful dive. An awesome start to a wonderful week!
Our first dive is at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. The Divemaster asks where we’d like to dive. It really doesn’t matter because any dive, right now, is great! We’re headed for Palancar Gardens Deep. There’s some weather close to the island which makes for some swift and tricky currents. The Divemaster warns us about the swift current he’d heard about from the Divemasters in the morning. We know what to do.
We’re off with Alberto, our Divemaster—there’s just six of us. We head for the huge coral heads about 80 feet below. Alberto takes us on the scenic tour, weaving in and out of the coral heads. Greg and I see a small eel poking out of a crevice in the coral. No one else from our group sees him—he’s our little secret. Just a short distance away, we see a swirling cone of fish—it looks like a tornado, but made entirely of small fish. It was truly amazing! We’d seen something like this on a show on the Discovery Channel and in Finding Nemo. The tornado of fish—again, our secret as the others in our group were too far ahead.
Other things we saw on the dive: a turtle heading to the surface for air, red banded shrimp, and lots of other fish too numerous to spell out here.
It was a great dive—a peaceful dive. An awesome start to a wonderful week!
// posted by Leenie @ 9:18 PM 
