Fabulous Diving!
While these post have been uploaded in chuncks owing to inconsistent internet connection here, they were written over a weeks time. There were many days of great diving. Yesterday (Friday) the water was so still that you could see the bottom at 45ft and it looked as if it were only the bottom of a swimming pool. This is the visibility one comes here for. A reef shark, small ray and barracuda swam up to the dock no need to dive really.... but I did anyway :)
Today the vis was not a good, 3ft swells stir things up a bit but make dramatic beach wave action. We did a deep dive and navigation dive for someone finishing a course then just coasted. The second dive was a 'drift dive'. They drop you off, you dive in one direction drifting with the current. When you are low on air you surface with a big red balloon and the boat picks you up. In a real current this is the easiest way to dive.
But the news is that we (3 of us) saw a 10ft hammer head shark! It was 40 ft away and we swam toward it. It swam away then circled to come see what was up with us, swam by a second time, then left. It was amazing. Apparently they havent seen one here for years.... and the other group in the water missed it. We are the envy of the club. Below is an example of what they look like.
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