Diving

We went in the sea the next day which was really scary but amazing fun.  We did 2 dives that afternoon and on the second one we saw a turtle.  It was just happily munching on the coral then swam up and over us, so cool!  We saw loads of different fish lots from nemo including a clownfish.  The next day we did the exam which we both passed then went for 2 more dives in the afternoon.  A cameraman cam with us and we had a lot of fun playing around underwater.  We watched the film the next day after it had been edited and set to music, it was really good and now we have a copy of our own.  

All of the group with the instructor Dan and assistant Gaz

 By this time we had both got the bug and decided to do the advanced diver course which means we can swim down to 30m.  That started the next day and was all diving, we did 5 more dives including a night dive which was amazing as there are loads of luminescent plankton in the water at night which light up and sparkle when you touch them or swim past.  It looked like we were covered in fairy dust and was like playing with sparklers underwater!  

After the night dive

The other dives were a buoyancy practice where you use your lungs to help you sit higher or lower in the water and we had to swim through hoops and do loop the loops which was a lot of fun except I kept hitting my head on the hoops.  More practice needed!

We also had a go a navigating underwater using computers and compasses which was a lot of fun.  Then we did a cave dive using a different mix of oxygen and nitrogen in our tanks and a deep dive down to 30m. And now we are qualified advanced divers :0)  

All the gang with our equipment

In the water with Gaz