Today, Liz and I got up early for our second attempt at scuba diving. Yesterday, we had some trouble because the group that was going had a lot of experience and were going on some 32m dives, which is a little bit too deep for us.
We met Alan, our dive master and he drove us out to Rio San Juan, the city where we met the boat and took off. The boat was in this fresh water lagoon and to go out to the ocean, you motor down this narrow waterway with mangrove trees all over the place. We saw vultures and other white birds bouncing round the roots of the trees above the water.
Our first dive spot was exciting. We saw a lot of fun things including trumpet fish, a blow fish, an eel, a scorpion fish, tons of coral, Liz saw a ray, and millions of other fish and interesting formations. The visability was terrific I thought, especially after my 5 ft vis in Monterey a couple weekends ago. It was also nice to be the only two people on the trip for the day.
Our second dive was much smoother for me. I had no trouble getting down and equalizing. The fish were a lot friendlier too. There was one who came right at my mask and made me flinch a bit. Liz tried to catch another one, but with no success.
Overall, I'm glad I got my scuba certification and could actually see myself doing this whenever I am on vacation.
Dive 1:
50 ft, 50 min, corals, reefs, cave inlets.
Dive 2:
40 ft, 45 min, sandy bottom, corals.
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