21 July 2019 19:21
Got up and made an omelet to be well fed for our snorkeling adventure this morning. Turned out well. The pan has some dents and doesn’t always sit level but it works.
Once we got to the dive shop the gal up sold us on something they call “Discover SCUBA”. It is where you get to do some work with a instructor in a pool and then actually go out in open water and dive with an instructor.
Since we have talked about doing SCUBA and didn’t think we would have time this trip we planned the snorkeling.
The pool work wasn’t too bad. I don’t care for the fins. I get they are useful but I feel they are a bit long. They were also a pain in the pool as it was not a very deep pool and I couldn’t get in a comfortable position.
Breathing underwater took a little bit of an adjustment. It sort of is like snorkeling but better in that your air doesn’t get cut off when you go to deep.
The open water dive was interesting. I made it to the bottom a lot. I think they put too much weight on my belts. They tried to adjust my buoyancy vest a couple different times but I had problems being able to stay out of the coral and it frustrated me. I felt okay with the respirator and my mask worked excellent. I did not have any real issues with leaking, even with my facial hair. I did learn how to clear my mask in the event of water getting in it though.
I would have probably enjoyed the dive more if I would have been able to hold the horizontal position and not keep sinking.
I did get to see some fish and coral. They took us along the edge of the reef where it gets deeper, though they kept us around ten meters. About 32 feet.
We only got about half the dive since my air went fast. I was breathing too fast and deep. I will need to work on that. It may have been related to my frustration. Next time I hope that I don’t have issues with sinking. I will also have to look into fins to either find some I like better or just to use the to get more used to them.
We did not get any pictures of our diving as we did not think to borrow a gopro or buy one for this trip. Next time.
The boat ride out to the island wasn’t bad, the way back was very, very wet and rough!!
The water though was amazing! The colors changed from dark blue to a sea green. Around the resort and where we dived (except the pool, it needed cleaned!) it was clear!
Traveling with Emily! 