Wake up call 06:15am…in the water 06:58am…still half asleep but eager to start spotting our next lot of marine life. Today we had a newly qualified diver with us, so designated navigator was Nicola, and designated photographer Ben. As we descended to 16.3 metres we were not disappointed with our first spot…a giant guitar fish (shark) or better known as a shovel nose ray, asleep on the sea bed.
As we swam around the reef we were in awe of the marine life, which had come alive at this early hour of the morning. We were also conscious of the fact that the giant guitar fish (shark) had woken up and had come out for breakfast, and was also swimming around the reef with us. Did we mention it was huge?!
You can also see how close Ben got when he swam with a green turtle today.
The opposite end of the fish ‘size’ scale were the tiny finger nail sized fish that hid in the coral, the shot below captures their world.
Dive 2 of the day was at a new dive site Thetford Reef Cathedrals, after our briefing we jumped in and explored the numerous swim throughs (narrow channels that tunnel in between the reef bommies). Ben got another great shot of a different type of anemone fish.
We also got very close to the coral, which allowed us to get the below shot of an angelfish.
Back on the boat we disassembled our equipment and got ready for the 3 hour journey back to the mainland. As we all stood up on deck as we neared the coast at 3pm it was slightly sad to think our 3 day diving adventure had come to an end. We had had 10 amazing and memorable dives, gained another qualification, met some lovely people and instructors, and seen some of the most beautiful marine life!
Back on dry land we were dropped off at the hostel, had dinner and chilled out before meeting back up with the crew and divers for some farewell drinks at a local pub.
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