Day 1: After great success on the Open Water Course, decided to stay on and do the advanced. Today we had three dives so I am absolutely exhausted, the extra nitrogen really makes you tired. The first dive was the deep dive where we went the whole way down to 30m. It was amazing the temperatures differences when you hit a thermocline. It feels like a massive difference but is actually only about 1, maybe 2 degrees and you get a weird kid of mirage effect in the water. The second dive was navigation which was actually surprisingly easy so we relaxed a bit and just cruised around taking in the marine life. Then this evening we had the night dive which was actually my favourite yet. We didn't have to do any skills so it was really relaxed, we saw a lionfish which are really rare around here and bio luminescent algae which glow when you move about in the water, it was incredible!
Day 2: Decided as I am here I may as well do everything I can so today I got certified to use enriched air as well which allows me to go deeper for longer. The dives today were basically just fun dives without our instructor which was a bit scary at first but so much fun. My buddy and I swam out to 'Secret Pinnacle' on the first dive so it was just us which is nice as usually there are quite a few other divers around. We got quite a shock when I turned around and there was a huge trigger fish literally right in front of my face. Luckily it didn't get territorial although Julie in the other buddy team got attacked when they went into a territory!
Sounds like you are having an absolutely awesome time! I had a feeling you might enjoy the diving ;) though am a little bit annoyed that you are now more qualified than me and have done a night dive!! Still at least I beat you in the theory test :P and experience...for now :O. Carry on getting as many qualifications as you can, we'll make a dive master out of you yet :D. Ciao xxx
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