Carol and I just got done with our SSI Dive Course. It. Was. Amazing. We had a great instructor. Her name is Mel. She was super laid back and all that fun Australian stuff. Carol and I went in on Sunday and started our two day class. We had to learn how to breath under water. Which I found out it is a lot harder that just "put the regulator in your mouth and breath". It's more of a mind thing. After a minute under (just in the shallow part of the pool) water then your brain kinda panics and you try to surface for air. Luckily, Carol and I got over that after about 10 minutes. We we taught all of the things you need to know. Like not to surface too fast, how to change your mask under water, how to retrieve the regulator, how to save a buddy, we even took off our gear. We lucked out by having a small group. It was just a German girl, Carol and I. So we got all the one on one attention and didn't have to fight for space in the pool. It was very nice.
Enough about that... Diving the Great Barrier Reef.
Carol and I went on a day boat called the Sunkist to get to the boat we were staying overnight on. The weather was amazing. It was calm and sunny. We sun bathed on the front of the boat for a bit. It's really a tough life that I live. Haha. Mel was showing us different things like the water currents which we were quick to say "The EAC!" (East Australian Current). She said a lot of people who watch Finding Nemo know a lot more about stuff like that. Thanks, Pixar!
The water was gorgeous. It was a clear blue to where you can see the fish from the boat. We saw lots of flying fish above the surface too. We saw a white tip reef shark about two meters long.
We went on a night dive too. That was very cool. It was scary at first to hop into pitch black water. But after we descended it was okay. Limited visibility makes me less scared. Cause if there was a shark about to eat us, I wouldn't see it until it was too late. I find comfort in that in some weird way. Denial is good. We saw an epileptic shark (something like that) that either tenses up or thrashes around if you grab hold of it. I didn't try. We saw baby cuttlefish and parrot fish sleeping in caves.
It was all very fun. I felt like Ariel. Carol and I did our certified dive and got it recorded. Everyone will have to watch it. It was a lot of fun. Everyone should at least snorkel the Great Barrier. I am so proud to have done one of my bucketlist items. Diving the Great Barrier Reef was the one thing I have always wanted to do before I die. Whoo hoo. Check that off my list.
But it was very great. I plan on diving all the time now.
Carol and I are just on our way of traveling down to Sydney. We are in Mission Beach at the moment. I will try to update more.
Take care!
Enough about that... Diving the Great Barrier Reef.
Carol and I went on a day boat called the Sunkist to get to the boat we were staying overnight on. The weather was amazing. It was calm and sunny. We sun bathed on the front of the boat for a bit. It's really a tough life that I live. Haha. Mel was showing us different things like the water currents which we were quick to say "The EAC!" (East Australian Current). She said a lot of people who watch Finding Nemo know a lot more about stuff like that. Thanks, Pixar!
The water was gorgeous. It was a clear blue to where you can see the fish from the boat. We saw lots of flying fish above the surface too. We saw a white tip reef shark about two meters long.
We went on a night dive too. That was very cool. It was scary at first to hop into pitch black water. But after we descended it was okay. Limited visibility makes me less scared. Cause if there was a shark about to eat us, I wouldn't see it until it was too late. I find comfort in that in some weird way. Denial is good. We saw an epileptic shark (something like that) that either tenses up or thrashes around if you grab hold of it. I didn't try. We saw baby cuttlefish and parrot fish sleeping in caves.
It was all very fun. I felt like Ariel. Carol and I did our certified dive and got it recorded. Everyone will have to watch it. It was a lot of fun. Everyone should at least snorkel the Great Barrier. I am so proud to have done one of my bucketlist items. Diving the Great Barrier Reef was the one thing I have always wanted to do before I die. Whoo hoo. Check that off my list.
But it was very great. I plan on diving all the time now.
Carol and I are just on our way of traveling down to Sydney. We are in Mission Beach at the moment. I will try to update more.
Take care!
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