Sunnie Rai
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Sunnie and I just moved to California , Bay Area , from the warm USVI Caribbean Island of ST Thomas. I worked as a tour guide for St Thomas scuba and snorkel got my PADI through BlueIsland Divers and my First Responder with Aqua Amy. Not to mention the many Boats/ Islands/Peeps involved in my little 2yr vaca in STT. I loved the Island community always in the water, on the water and working together.Small Islands make close friends. It changed my world and also every decision I was going to make for myself. Always include the ocean. See Im from Texas, not just Texas, born El Paso, lived Dallas . When I discovered there where places like the Caribbean in the world I was hooked but it took me til I was 30 to make the BIG move. I did lived in Playa Del Carmen , MX for a little while in my 20's. It was the first place I dared put on a snorkel. (I was 25). I was on sand in the water and there was some rocks close to the shore, which I was scared to death of. My friend Paul said "Here Sunnie, put these goggles on and swim over it , You know you are just gonna swim right to the beach". Scared but determined not to look like a chicken , I put the mask on and took a deep breath in the snorkel and just let the waves push me over the rocks. As I popped over the top , I saw a little hidden world with a bunch of yellow fish swimming around a huge conch shell, with strange bright pink rocks (coral), I was dazzled and hooked. And I know I know this is a diving web Forum but I'm Getting to that. When I moved back to the states it took me a few years and a couple of heart breaks but I moved back to the water that wouldn't stop calling my name and literally Dove in , lol get it and I knew I was going to be diving for the rest of my life. A short 2 1/2 yrs later My new hubby found a great job here in Cali with a promise of only 5yrs, but with the option to continue my loves in a new ocean world. I was like , ok. Guess so. When I first got here I missed very much my family of crazy pirates and divers.Not the same as a bunch of misfits getting up in the morning for their daily salt baths. So There it was Pacific at my feet. When I first put my toes in da ocean @ Halfmoon Bay in the cool month of april I thought no way am I getting into that water. The color , the cold. Thought maybe sailing is gonna be the way to go with this coast (still not outta the picture) but as fate would have it I was introduced to an amazing Dive School here in San Mateo called Scuba Fusion. They have taken me in and have given me a passion for diving back. Now I'm looking for my salty diving buddies. To give me pointers, send me in the right direction and to bounce info off of. I still consider myself a newby , no miss conceptions on my part. Caribbean diving is a piece of cake compared to ,,., well everything else. I know that. My days of strapping my gear on over a rash guard is on hold , Its Booties and Hoodies for awhile
I have only been here 5 months and just wanna reach out, learn , explore. I hope I find some of that here . Thanxs for sticking through my story. Nice to meet everyone !!
My name is Sunnie and I just moved to California , Bay Area , from the warm USVI Caribbean Island of ST Thomas. I worked as a tour guide for St Thomas scuba and snorkel got my PADI through BlueIsland Divers and my First Responder with Aqua Amy. Not to mention the many Boats/ Islands/Peeps involved in my little 2yr vaca in STT. I loved the Island community always in the water, on the water and working together.Small Islands make close friends. It changed my world and also every decision I was going to make for myself. Always include the ocean. See Im from Texas, not just Texas, born El Paso, lived Dallas . When I discovered there where places like the Caribbean in the world I was hooked but it took me til I was 30 to make the BIG move. I did lived in Playa Del Carmen , MX for a little while in my 20's. It was the first place I dared put on a snorkel. (I was 25). I was on sand in the water and there was some rocks close to the shore, which I was scared to death of. My friend Paul said "Here Sunnie, put these goggles on and swim over it , You know you are just gonna swim right to the beach". Scared but determined not to look like a chicken , I put the mask on and took a deep breath in the snorkel and just let the waves push me over the rocks. As I popped over the top , I saw a little hidden world with a bunch of yellow fish swimming around a huge conch shell, with strange bright pink rocks (coral), I was dazzled and hooked. And I know I know this is a diving web Forum but I'm Getting to that. When I moved back to the states it took me a few years and a couple of heart breaks but I moved back to the water that wouldn't stop calling my name and literally Dove in , lol get it and I knew I was going to be diving for the rest of my life. A short 2 1/2 yrs later My new hubby found a great job here in Cali with a promise of only 5yrs, but with the option to continue my loves in a new ocean world. I was like , ok. Guess so. When I first got here I missed very much my family of crazy pirates and divers.Not the same as a bunch of misfits getting up in the morning for their daily salt baths. So There it was Pacific at my feet. When I first put my toes in da ocean @ Halfmoon Bay in the cool month of april I thought no way am I getting into that water. The color , the cold. Thought maybe sailing is gonna be the way to go with this coast (still not outta the picture) but as fate would have it I was introduced to an amazing Dive School here in San Mateo called Scuba Fusion. They have taken me in and have given me a passion for diving back. Now I'm looking for my salty diving buddies. To give me pointers, send me in the right direction and to bounce info off of. I still consider myself a newby , no miss conceptions on my part. Caribbean diving is a piece of cake compared to ,,., well everything else. I know that. My days of strapping my gear on over a rash guard is on hold , Its Booties and Hoodies for awhile
I have only been here 5 months and just wanna reach out, learn , explore. I hope I find some of that here . Thanxs for sticking through my story. Nice to meet everyone !!
