Mike
Contributor
Get'n kind of slow here lately...
So - I can still remember my first dive in Cozumel. It was my first open water dive as a certified diver. Beside the trepedations of boat diving for the first time, worrying about if all the gear was on correct, worrying about my wife and how she was doing/going to do... I can still remember the beauty, peace and enjoyment of a beautiful blue sky day with the sun warming us on the boat... getting ready to do my first giant stride, splashing in, briefly bobbing to the surface surprised everything was still intact, mask on...check... still breathing thru reg...check... look over to wife/dive buddy... she looks okay... waiting for the DM to jump in and then him asking for the okay sign and him then giving the sign that would start my first real scuba dive ever... he gives the descent signal, we dump air out of our BCs and start to go down....
... for the first time I put my head under those wonderful Cozumel waters and look down to see that awesome white sand bottom. I'm looking down and can see fish swimming around and something just isn't right. How can I see the bottom so clearly? We must be in 20 ft of water here.. hmm... keep descending... check guage, 50ft... 60ft, holy cow, we are in 60 feet of water! I can't believe how clear the water is and how we could see the bottom so clearly 60 feet below!
That's what I remember, it was the amazing sensation of the visibility which of course still amazes me every time we dive there.
From my log book - Palancar Horseshoe 35min, 75ft
Amazing Coral, lots of fish, grouper, turtle.
Blew saftey stop, came up too fast, need to add weight, mask fogged, choked on some water.
That was 11 years ago, do you remember your first dive in Cozumel?
So - I can still remember my first dive in Cozumel. It was my first open water dive as a certified diver. Beside the trepedations of boat diving for the first time, worrying about if all the gear was on correct, worrying about my wife and how she was doing/going to do... I can still remember the beauty, peace and enjoyment of a beautiful blue sky day with the sun warming us on the boat... getting ready to do my first giant stride, splashing in, briefly bobbing to the surface surprised everything was still intact, mask on...check... still breathing thru reg...check... look over to wife/dive buddy... she looks okay... waiting for the DM to jump in and then him asking for the okay sign and him then giving the sign that would start my first real scuba dive ever... he gives the descent signal, we dump air out of our BCs and start to go down....
... for the first time I put my head under those wonderful Cozumel waters and look down to see that awesome white sand bottom. I'm looking down and can see fish swimming around and something just isn't right. How can I see the bottom so clearly? We must be in 20 ft of water here.. hmm... keep descending... check guage, 50ft... 60ft, holy cow, we are in 60 feet of water! I can't believe how clear the water is and how we could see the bottom so clearly 60 feet below!
That's what I remember, it was the amazing sensation of the visibility which of course still amazes me every time we dive there.
From my log book - Palancar Horseshoe 35min, 75ft
Amazing Coral, lots of fish, grouper, turtle.
Blew saftey stop, came up too fast, need to add weight, mask fogged, choked on some water.
That was 11 years ago, do you remember your first dive in Cozumel?