Another flat calm morning with a little cloud cover which seems to be moving away. Not that it matters much as we are here to be under the sea!
On that point, we do 4 dives a day, most are between 70 and 80 minutes long so we spend at least 5 hours underwater each day. Which is of course what it’s all about!
Trying to eat less at breakfast but today they bought out the bacon so it was scrambled egg on toast with a small mountain of bacon plus fresh watermelon juice to keep things tropical!
Though I failed to witness the event, at the start of breakfast, a very colourful Kingfisher flew in to the restaurant and then out again!
New guests arrived last night, a team of Americans who had just been on a live aboard from the Siren fleet. We met them at the bar, a very friendly bunch.
Just the four of us on the boat again this morning, and probably just two of us for the night dive, all very lovely.
A quick visit to the camera room to change batteries and check everything. It’s so much easier doing this above water!
Today is the middle diving Day of our trip, this mornings dives being the last two of the first half. Pay attention now, this might be in the exam!
Dive #29
Daryl Laut
Another dive on the ‘Casino Wreck’ which, with my macro lens fitted (I have no other lens) means hunting for nudi’s which were plentiful. In the mean time, Jo hunts for Christmas tree worms in the superstructure of the wreck.
At the start of this dive there were loud rumblings for around 7 seconds, this turned out to be quite a powerful earthquake nearby 🌋
Back on dry boat we head over to ‘Olympic’ for the surface interval, coffee, oreos and banana.
Now we sit in the sun, off gassing whilst waiting for the hour to pass.
Dive #30
Olympic Point
Well, despite early disappoinment (I forgot to change a battery) the dive was spectacular with awesome stuff seen including Coleman shrimp, tiger shrimp, a spectacular monster nudi and psycadelic nudi which just posed for us.
Back on dry land for lunch of B.L.T. And Pancit Canton with vegetables, a perfect end to the first half of our adventure.
Lunch now completed, this evening’s dinner ordered, time for a quick bit of camera service and then a dip in the pool.
Dive #31
Coconut Point
What an awesome dive to start part 2 of our adventure. After dropping in on a seemingly barran wasteland, we see many things including Picachu nudi’s (orange and grey) Shaun the Sheep slugs (green and blue/yellow) a yellow seahorse and two cuttlefish. Much time was spent with Shawn perfecting our technique. We are fortunate to be able to spend as much time with the critters as gas will allow!
In other news, it seems the Americans think we are a cute couple, I did offer to let them take us along on their dive tour, no takers yet…
Dive #32
Bubbles Point Night Dive
Another excellent night dive on this ‘eerie’ site which can be dark at the best of times, at night it’s a whole new level of ‘eerie’.
Several nudi’s and some flabellinas kept us busy.
Back to base for showers, prinks and dinner!