Not too many dive days left so we need to make to most of what we have!
Cloudy today, but still.
Normal start to the day. We have Tony on the boat today, a Filipino who worked at Reuters in New York before returning to Manila to retire.
First dive of the day was Red Rock. We did the North side of the site, which we had not done before. Lovely dive with lovely critters to take pictures of including some Beautiful Risbecia.
Same surface interval as all the other days with the added job of force feeding everyone on the boat with sweeties.
Second dive of the day was Manit School. A gentle bimble around the site. Whenever I didn’t have a picture to take I was searching for shrimps in Blue tunicates. Didn’t find any! Plenty of pyjama slugs though.
Back at the dive centre early so once the cameras where dealt with, we had time for a coffee before lunch.
We saw the boat go out to get “fresh meat”. We waited to see if it was Nina and Anne, our friends from Malaysia. Not this time. Three new guests.
Normal lunch. We are so predictable!
An update on Dawn. She is feeling much better after two 5 hour sessions in the chamber. Now she is in isolation, which here is 10 days. It doesn’t look like they have found any other reason for the DCS apart from COVID.
It is quiet here at the moment. No one by the pool, although there is rarely anyone but the pool…
This afternoon we were on the boat for two dives.
First dive was Koala. We dived this a couple of days ago and it was fabulous. Again, it was fabulous. We spent time bimbling around, taking pictures of nudis and Christmas tree worms. Then the current picked up. We went with it like skydivers. Then it became calm as we went around the corner.
Surface interval was more coffee, more Oreos and more sweeties! Whilst waving at all the new guests that were being picked up by the boat at Secret Bay and taken around to the resort in case Nina and Anne were on board.
Second dive was Manit Corner. You can only do this site if the tide is going north to south on the Buceo side. If it is going the other way, there will be current.
This is an amazing dive! Loved it! Lots of nicely positioned slugs and loads of yellow cup coral! Just brilliant!
Anne has arrived but Nina’s plane was delayed by five hours so she is not here yet. Lovely to have a quick catch up with Anne before we retire to our room for photos, blogging and sleep. As it is my day to blog, you can guess which one of those Richard did!