Dive Day #13
So it is flat again this morning. We say that every morning, but it doesn’t always remain like that. Maybe today it will.
We woke up, today, of news that Richard’s daughter, Sarah, was admitted to hospital with severe food poisoning. She has been on a drip and is now recovering at home, so that is good news.
We went down to breakfast this morning to find someone at our table! The cheek of it! We sat somewhere else. I got bitten four times by mosquitoes in a matter of a minute or two. ????
We chatted to Zainib, she is going home today. It was lovely to meet her. She is very knowledgeable about critters.
After breakfast we go to the camera room where we have the ongoing issue with one of Richard’s strobes. We test, we clean, we test,we clean. The symptoms don’t make sense but he has two working strobes for today’s diving.
So we had Mark (Canadian) and Chris (Netherlands) on the boat with us this morning. Mark is certified and Chris was doing discover scuba.
Dive #49
Aguhuta
23.2 metres / 65 mins / 28 degrees
Coral on top then on a slope to about 20 metres, then sandy bottom
A beautiful relaxing dive.
So many red toothed triggerfish which surrounded us.
We saw pink frogfish, shrimps on wire coral, various nudis including beautiful risbecia, and the red nudi with white edge.
As Richard takes off his mask he is made aware of quite a lot of blood. Eh-chek transformed into a first responder and fixed the problem…
Surface interval talking corporate bollocks…!
Mark told us that when he gets serious about diving he will get himself a computer. I didn’t mention that we always dive with two computers…
I remembered to take the pictures of my fins…
Dive #50
Minilog
25.0 metres / 72 mins / 28 degrees
Corals on top and a slope with corals.
Even more red toothed triggerfish on this dive. Amazing!
We also saw a cardinal fish with eggs in its mouth, a tiny red nudi, more beautiful risbecia, and some beautiful Christmas tree worms.
Back at Buceo, Richard had salt and pepper shrimps and a BLT for me.
As we are the only one on the boat this afternoon we have chosen to go out and do two dives “back to back” leaving at 2pm rather than 3pm. This allows us more evening time, and also allows Nanni, Eh-chek and Saldy to go home early. Winner all round!
Dive #51
Red Rock
25.0 metres / 61 mins / 28 degrees
Large pinnacle, top at 5 metres and the bottom at 20 metres.
Amazing dive. Last time we dived here there were lots of divers, today, only three!
Peacock mantis shrimp with eggs, three banded sea snakes, nudis, shrimps, and loads of red toothed triggerfish.
During the surface interval we move to Manit School. More coffee and oreos whilst chatting with Nanni about different dive sites that we can visit next time we are here… ????
Dive #52
Manit School and wall
21.3 metres / 75 mins / 28 degrees
Coral garden at the top, going down to a sandy bottom at 20 metres. We work our way to the wall and bimble along the top edge (bottom goes down to 40 metres at the deepest.
We saw two banded sea snakes, various nudis including a Cinderella nudi, orangutan crab, shrimps on wire coral.
Back to Buceo by 5.30, which is the time we normally go out. Nice!
In the bar, for drinks and in the restaurant by 18:40, that is the earliest of the holiday.
