Dive Day #12 – Buceo Anilao – Richard
A lovely calm morning greets us today and we headed down for breakfast slightly earlier than of late, indeed we are first in! Today is Pancake day so I over do it with those (naturally)! We tend to the cameras and are back in our room and it’s still only 06.50!
Our guide Nanie is away for a few days so we have been left in the hands of Alvin who is new to us, let’s see what he finds for us.
Dive #40 – Mainit Corner
Loads of new Nudi action on this one including the Psychedelic Nudi, a great dive with our stand-in guide Alvin, he can find the small stuff for sure.
After spending the surface interval moored up at Twin Rocks, we ended up heading back to Secret Bay for the second dive.
Dive #41- Secret Bay
The current fish came both ways on this dive before finally leaving.
Red hairy Frog Fish with several others less hairy. Small nudis and shrimps.
Back on dry land nice and early (the two dives were very close to base) and an early lunch lunch of deep fried Lumpia and BBQ Pork Skewers
After lunch, camera reset and a swift dip in the pool before retiring to our room for hot drinks on the balcony along with a bit of a snooze, all this bobbing about can really take it’s toll you know!
On our boat today it’s us two and our boat buddies Jodie and Lauren, a young couple from South Africa and a lady from Tokyo.
Dive #42 – Sun View
What a most excellent dive, this is a grainy sandy site with lots of small coral outcrops. Highlights include a hairy shrimp (well, we like them!) and a pygmy seahorse, which I don’t usually photo but Jo beckoned me in so I had to give it a go, and I actually got a picture, so that was all good.
Back to the line and I could tell by the way it was being jerked around that all was not calm at the surface.
.. And for sure, once I made it to the surface I could see that the wind had got up just a lot and there they rollers cruising by (not the ones made at Goodwood either!).
This made exciting the boat back at the beach somewhat exciting. They put a stern line on to a mooring buoy and then swam a bow line through the surf and fixed it ashore. Then it was (simply!) a matter of pulling as hard as we could to get the bow towards the beach. Once we had done the best we could, we had to literally jump ship and swim ashore. Jo left the charge, hotly pursued by me. Time to see just how waterproof those waterproof bags are!
Jo was met in the surf by xxx and they made it out in one piece. I followed swiftly! Moments later cameras and other gear appeared ashore, all in one piece. A big thank you to our guides and crew.
Dive #42a – Nudi Bar
I need to document everything carefully as things may get forgotten in the forthcoming beer haze.