Dive day #14
Well, here we are on the penultimate dive day ????.
We have got to the point where we have dived almost all the regular dive sites at least once, some twice, a few even more. So we are fairly ok with whatever they choose for us today. That being said, as we reach the end of our current tenure here, they tend to ask us where we would like to go. Yesterday afternoon I got to choose, so Red Rock then Mainit School Wall it was, both excellent dives.
For breakfast today I went out in a limb and chose fried eggs a la Jo, that’s two fried eggs, over-easy with the trimmings that are normally reserved for fancy omelette production (ham, mushroom, onion etc) and jolly nice they were too. On had these on top of toast on which I liberally spread cream cheese (the triangular type) – a little twisted I know but I like it!
The tables here are arranged to fit the various group sizes, so we have our table for our group of two and (sometimes embarrassingly) they put a reserved sign on our table, just for us it seems. Yesterday someone got to breakfast before us and moved it ???????????????? what, our favourite table taken already. We had to choose from one of the remaining 10 tables, oh the embarrassment!!
Today however, order has been restored!
Dive #53
30 metres / 59 minutes / 27 degrees
Daryl Laut -the sunken floating casino wreck!
We arrive on site just a few minutes ahead of another boat from Buceo so we waste no time, get kitted and in and down to the nudi area in a blink of an eye.
Disappointingly, I set a switch on one strobe in the wrong position. I just could not work out what was up until I stepped back and checked, bugger!
All set right I get back in to things and move on. All the usual suspects are seen but I think my most memorable photo from. The dive was of a red frog fish that was trying to remain hidden near the top of the wreck.
At about 30m I hit a thermoclyne and it went from 28 degrees down to about 26 degrees, chilly!
Back on board for coffee and Oreos!
Am interesting chat with someone who works for apple specialising in software to enhance pictures, lots of AI involved. Very interesting indeed.
Dive #54
22.6 metres / 66 minutes / 28 degrees
Olympic
Another nice cruise around this site looking for all things curious but this time finding not so much but an enjoyable dive none the less. I probably had lunch on my mind!
After the dive at return to base where we dine on B.L.T. and Kinilaw Na Taniguie (raw white fish cured in ginger and vinegar, nice!
Before we know it we are heading out for an earlier two dives in the afternoon. Just before this, the heavens opened and it was like a monsoon so we got well wet even before we got to put our wetsuits on (wet, as that had been left outside drying in the monsoon!)
Dive #55
23.5 metres / 66 minutes / 28 degrees
Arthur’s Wall
We are now choosing the sites so we choose Arthur’s Wall which is a nice wall dive down to about 24 metres in places. We head along the wall in one direction and then turn back as the current fish had arrived, we go back towards where we started and then head up over the top of the wall where we see all sorts but especially a really big (2m long) banded sea snake going about is business.
Back to the boat for coffee, Oreos and chatting to our new boat buddies before we head off to Mainit Corner for the second dive of the afternoon.
Dive #56
22 metres / 68 minutes / 28 degrees
Mainit Corner
One of our firm favourites, a rocky outcrop on the Peninsular where some of the rocks stick out above the surface and then go all the way down to 24 metres, always a lot to see, all the usual suspects are out to entertain us at Nani leads us through corridors between the rocks, always so very colourful, a lovely dive, a definite ‘must do’ if you ever visit here.
Back to base for a quick rinse and Prinks which tonight include Red Horse beer, Royale (Fanta orange) and a couple of Amaretto Sours,yum.
