Deep Dive
This was undertaken at a site called Deep Turbo. The maximum depth we went down to was 25m. I had to do this for the certification but it was actually nothing new. Many dive masters take divers with Open Water certification up to this depth when they’re not supposed to.
The coral was very good and visibility was excellent. We saw turtles, batfish, sweet lips and snappers.
The terrain was interesting too but sadly there was some damage from dynamite fishing.
Navigation
The navigation skills module was undertaken at Manta Point, where I saw black tip reef sharks, some green turtles, sweetfish and parrot fish.
But no luck with mantas. That would be too distracting while I do my skill training, which involved swimming underwater in a perfect square of 10m (12 kicks), returning to where I started. So I had to swim 12 kicks, turn 90 degrees and swim 12 kicks again, repeat and then repeat to get back to my starting point. Of course, I cheated as I recognised my starting point!