Tuesday, November 26, 2013
We kept the same schedule as yesterday as far as diving. We got up and headed to breakfast around 7 a.m. and ordered a couple of fresh mangos and I also ordered some Belgian bread with butter and homemade mango jam. I have also been keeping up with my schedule of mango juice with every meal. There are no words to describe how good these mangos are.
After breakfast we got our gear together and headed out to do two dives around 9 a.m. This time we had a full boat again. The Australian family of four went with one guide and Eric and I and Cyril went with Albert (our guide). We saw quite a few turtles but not as many as everyone else as we had our heads stuck in the coral (of course). Apparently our group saw about nine turtles in total. There is lots of small stuff to see too.
On the second dive we also saw a few more turtles and a huge school of leaf fish and some type of scorpion fish. We also saw the biggest octopus either one of us has ever seen. I got quite a bit of video of him, but most of it was of him playing hide and seek in and out of his hiding holes.
After the two morning dives we came back and had some lunch. Eric had garlic rice and I had my chicken sandwich and we split some Belgian fries. The food has been really good. Of course it can’t hurt that you are sitting by the ocean in the fresh air enjoying the food.
After lunch we headed out for our third dive of the day. This time it was just Albert, Eric and I. So we took a short boat road down the coast a little ways to a spot that Albert said not many people go because there is no buoy there. It was a very beautiful spot with very healthy coral and lots of colorful fish. We saw a small ornate ghost pipefish, a pair of banded pipefish, another scorpionfish and tons of clownfish of all colors and types. I swear on top of the reef there is an anemone with a clownfish in it about every 2 ft.
The third dive was nice as we poked along at our own pace and did our own thing. We actually stayed down for about 70 minutes and still came up with anywhere from 1000-1300 PSI.
The weather was pretty nice again today. We had a little rain shower as we were getting on the boat for the first dive, but other than that most of the day was sunny and nice.
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