I can honestly say that this week was a very exciting week, I learned and achieved a lot. And of course, I had a lot of fun.
At Monday, Melissa took Dennis and me to Abades for 2 shore dives with 3 customers. A lady and a father and son. It was not the best weather and actually it was quite cold, but I enjoyed the dives so much.
I was buddies with the lady and she stayed nice and close to me, so I was very happy with that because the visibility wasn’t that good and I definitely don’t want to lose my buddy.
My first time to assist a Discover Scuba Diving open water session, so that was really exciting. I was holding her tank and her hand while I was assisting her by letting air out her BCD or putting air in. Alice and Pete were really happy about me which made me really proud of myself. In my opinion it is a very big responsibility to help someone on a first dive, because everything is new for that person and you have to act in good faith and show them that you are confident because if they trust you, that makes it a lot easier. Another good thing, this was my first day without getting any beer fine. And I helped Mahmoud with his Rescue book.
Wednesday I had a day in the shop with Melissa, Mahmoud, Dennis and Andreas. Spending our day reading our books and watching the EFR DVD.
The next day I had 2 dives with Alice, Mahmoud and customers who were diving with us for a week. We went to Poco Naufragio and it was an amazing dive, I saw the biggest Stingray ever. It was about 2 meters wide, maybe even bigger, and it was all over me and the other divers. To be honest, I was a little scared because I saw how big his mouth was, so I was a little bit scared that it might suck my head or something. Normally when a ray gets to enthusiastic and comes to close, you use both your hand to pull him over you. But I was wearing gloves so I couldn’t do that, so when the Ray finally got off me I took off my gloves. It’s a very special feeling to feel a Stingray, I just can’t explain this feeling, it’s just special. Unfortunately I had to finish the dive because Mahmoud was low on air, but I still had a very, very nice dive. And in the afternoon Sam and I finished the skills in the swimming pool.
Friday was a very nice day. I had a day off with Dennis, Andreas and Mahmoud and they had decided to climb Red Rock (In Spanish it is Montaña Roja). From far away this rock looks very big but when we came closer it didn’t look that big anymore. Well, when I finally reached the top I knew it was a very big rock. So we had a very energetic day and we had a lot of fun. We climbed Red Rock and walked to El Medano where we shared some pizza and ate an ice cream.
Saturday arrived and I had 2 dives at Abades Beach and it was my first time to lead a dive.
The first dive was with Melissa so I knew that she wouldn’t let me get lost, but I was still a little nervous because I wanted to do very good.
The second dive I found out that I did great because Melissa trusted me and let me lead the second dive on my own. I was very excited about it and I really feel that I accomplished something.
I felt so proud of myself and that evening I called my mom to tell her about my first time leading a dive, and of course, she was very proud of me.
I was diving with Dennis, Andreas and Angela and we saw a lot of fish like Pearly Razor fish, Wide-eyed Flounder, Ornate Wrasse, Parrot fish, Trumpet fish etc. We also saw a Cuttlefish, an Octopus, a Black Moray Eel, Cleaner Shrimps, a Scorpion fish and Arrow crabs.
A great end to a lovely week.
Lydia
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