Out to sea by boat today for three dives as part of our certification. We had a dodgy start … we were ferried to the boat in a rectangular box towed by a man walking along the shallow sea floor. It was already heavily laden with 20 compressed air tanks. It sat low in the water and obviously had a small leak … water was just starting to cascade in from the sides when we made it to the boat.
For each of the three dives, we did additional practice of the various skills we learnt yesterday.
Quite funnily, on our first dive at Tambuli, we started feeding fish with bread from our hand (which we were told is not permitted during the theory on Day 1). Our second and third dives were at Talima where we went around a shipwreck to enjoy the colourful fishes. The sight made the hard work worthwhile.
On the second dive, we went down to the maximum permissible for our intended certification, at 18m below sea level. Underwater photos here courtesy of our instructor.
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- Being ferried to the boat in a rectangular box heavily laden with tanks.
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- Loading up the boat.
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- That’s the kind of box we were ferried in as well.
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- Locals having a good time.
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- Kim preparing for his first dive.
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- Getting ready for our first dive.
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- Our class of four in Tambuli.
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- Kim feeding the fish.
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- Me feeding the fish.
