Dive day #3
First woke up just before 3am, but managed to get back to sleep. When Richard woke me at 6am I was in a very deep sleep and didn’t want to wake up. A cup of tea did the trick.
We have had perfect weather so far. Cloudy today, and very still.
We thought we would mix it up today by having breakfast before doing the cameras. I know, we like to live on the edge… Being unpredictable… That sort of thing…
Breakfast was the normal, omelette for me and two eggs for Richard, plus whatever meat is on offer. Didn’t mix that up, that would have been a step too far!
Dive #9
Viverye
24.4 metres / 62 mins / 28 degrees
Sandy slope with many sea pens and soft corals at about 25 metres
Richard was so proud when he found a seahorse. Then he realised that we were amongst a herd of seahorses, in fact we think that we will rename the site Seahorse Ranch.
Back at Buceo to pick up a new guest who will be diving with us. A french lady called xxx.
Sorted out some reading glasses to go on Nicole’s mask.
Dive #10
Manit West
24.4 / 68 mins / 28 degrees
A lovely dive site. Coral garden and coral steep slope.
We saw lots. A pink pygmy seahorse, an eel having its teeth cleaned by shrimps, a large white frogfish in a barrel sponge, lots of nudis, ribbon eels.
The funniest thing happened at the end of the dive. Nanni was pointing at something, and it took me a little while to work out what he was pointing at. Richard had a black featherstar attached to him… Right on his groin area! So funny, I laughed and laughed, Nanni laughed and laughed. Richard gently removed it. We laughed some more. Back on the boat I laughed so much again and so did everyone else when I told them the story. Been trying to work out how it got attached there… So funny.
Oh, and Nicole said that the glasses were very good, she could even see the pygmy seahorse. Result!
Same lunch as yesterday BLT for me and pancit canton with vegetables for Richard.
We went for a swim in the pool before getting ready for the third dive of the day.
Dive #11
Arthur’s Rock
24.3 / 68 mins / 27 degrees
Coral outcrops with rubble lower down
Not feeling cold but kept thinking about the wetsuits we bought with us.
We saw shrimps on blue starfish, orange wire coral shrimp on a white wire coral, red shrimp on orange starfish, nudis.
A shorter surface interval now as we are the only ones diving. A coffee and chat with Nicole and Christian who are off to have a massage at six o’clock. Then we put on our shorties before heading out.
Dive #12
Elmer’s Point dusk dive
22.5 metres / 66 mins / 28 degrees
This is a beautiful site, but I don’t think that you see that so much in the dark but still very impressive. It is a point that seems to go down in layers.
We saw a beautiful juvenile batfish (black with orange edge) in an orange feather star, nudis, flabellinas, cup corals of all colours, some huge collector crabs similar to a rugby ball in size, shape and colour.
After showering, we had drinks at the bar catching up with Dave, Tiara, Nicole, Christian and Hans-Peter.
A lovely dinner of sweet and sour chicken, chop suey and fried rice.