Sharks and Turtles :)

This has been a really interesting week with lots of customers who have really added to the
enjoyment of it. In particular Gary And Will, Jim Alison Thomas and. William, Paul and Ella and Kevin.

On Monday we were joined by Stiven a new intern from Spain. He has settled in really well and become part of the team already. He is getting on really well with Gary who is doing a lot of translating
for him.

This week Gary and I passed our PADI Advanced course and Stiven passed his PADI Open Water dives 1-4 so we are all making progress. Stiven has done particularly well his buoyancy and really loves seeing all the various fish types.and varied dive sites.

This week I have completed 15 dives, which has been great experience. At Abades with Melissa we had some great dives with brilliant visibility and a warm sea. We saw Octopus, Lizard fish, Parrot fish, Ornate Wrasse and lots of Atlantic Damsel fish.

At Yellow Mountain with Alice we were really lucky to see an Angel shark that was about 1.3 metres in length. It was so calm and graceful in its movements. It did not seem to be bothered about us at all. It was one of the high lights of the week for me.

My most enjoyable dives were with Melissa at El Puertito where we had 4 dives over 2 days with different customers.
The reason for this was the turtles that are in the small bay. In 2008 I was lucky to do a “ Try Dive” in the Cayman Islands where there were some really large turtles in the harbour. I fell in love with the graceful and calm way, in which they moved.
It made me want to become a diver. At El Puertito we saw 3 turtles on our first dive.

One was a baby with the other 2 being adult size. Over the next 3 dives we saw turtles on each dive. On our last dive we were just about to ascend when one came over and checked us out. It was as if it had come to say good bye to us as it gently circled us and brushed against us. I found it a very moving experience. William who was aged 12 was my buddy and really enjoyed the turtles as well. I cannot wait to return to El Puertito again.

“ You really need to come out here and experience it all for yourselves”


Patrick