SueMermaid
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I love going back through my dive logs, especially over the pages that contain my favorite dives. You know what I mean, you all have some unforgettable dives, right? Those dives that mark a skill or special memory? What are they?
My favorites, in no particular order:
-My very first OW dive (outside of Dutch Springs) in Belize. I surfaced and burst into tears. :sorry:
-My first night dive, it was in Cozumel, and there were octopi all over the bottom of the ocean. I was a new diver at the time, and I have never been so profoundly floored. I laid there on my stomach for a half hour and watched them. Three of them approached me and reached out their arms. I felt suckers all over my arms, and one tried to grab my mask!
It literally changed my life.
-Seal Beach in La Jolla. We waded into the water at the swimming beach, put our faces in the water, and saw about 20 sharks of different species in one field of vision. Now THAT was a cool dive.
-Mary's Place in Roatan. The landscape is what made that dive so special. at 90', I laid on my back and learned to blow air-rings.
-The Salt Pier, Bonaire. I think we did that dive about 5 times the week I was there. Excellent life there, we got to see some really special nudibranchts, and these baaaaaby squid that were so cute I wanted to pinch their cheeks.
-The Town Pier, Bonaire. A slightly creepy night dive under the town pier that is a macro photographer's paradise. The sun doesn't hit it, so the corals and anemones are free of photosynthetic algae, so the colors are surreal. Also full of juvenile fish.
-The Duane, Key Largo
Perhaps I got lucky and dove the Duane on a slack-current day. It was my first wreck, and I'll never forget what it was like to be hanging on the anchor line, looking down, and having the wreck appear 90' below me like some ghostly image. It was COOL!
My favorites, in no particular order:
-My very first OW dive (outside of Dutch Springs) in Belize. I surfaced and burst into tears. :sorry:
-My first night dive, it was in Cozumel, and there were octopi all over the bottom of the ocean. I was a new diver at the time, and I have never been so profoundly floored. I laid there on my stomach for a half hour and watched them. Three of them approached me and reached out their arms. I felt suckers all over my arms, and one tried to grab my mask!
It literally changed my life.
-Seal Beach in La Jolla. We waded into the water at the swimming beach, put our faces in the water, and saw about 20 sharks of different species in one field of vision. Now THAT was a cool dive.
-Mary's Place in Roatan. The landscape is what made that dive so special. at 90', I laid on my back and learned to blow air-rings.
-The Salt Pier, Bonaire. I think we did that dive about 5 times the week I was there. Excellent life there, we got to see some really special nudibranchts, and these baaaaaby squid that were so cute I wanted to pinch their cheeks.
-The Town Pier, Bonaire. A slightly creepy night dive under the town pier that is a macro photographer's paradise. The sun doesn't hit it, so the corals and anemones are free of photosynthetic algae, so the colors are surreal. Also full of juvenile fish.
-The Duane, Key Largo
Perhaps I got lucky and dove the Duane on a slack-current day. It was my first wreck, and I'll never forget what it was like to be hanging on the anchor line, looking down, and having the wreck appear 90' below me like some ghostly image. It was COOL!
