Underthesea81
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So when I first got certified 3 months back, the one thing I said I didn't want to do/never cared if I did was a nightdive, so of course 20 dives later I was reluctantly doing my first night dive. Now My instructor was having me do it as part of my AWS certification so it had to be done,nonetheless wasn't pumped.
Understanding my trepidation, my amazing instructor planned a shore dive with Max depth of about 15 feet off the SE FL shore. We entered at heavy twilight, and began to dive. Little nervous at first, but as te first couple minutes went by I noticed how amazing this was, it was a completely new experience and a whole different environment than the same one I had seen just 7 days prior. Everything was so alive! The coral the life and even my senses. We saw so many amazing things from golden stingray, to multiple eel and tons of fish, to what I think was a tarpon(shined my light dead ahead and saw a large 5-6 foot fish about 40 feet away) to my first squid which was amazing! And some luminescent organisms that were amazing, also all these little organisms on the coral which wa so alive! We surfaced a few times just to look around and it was so amazing to be in the dark with the moon in the water. Other than nailing my instructor wit my light a bunch of times, it went off with great success, I have been turned! Already looking forward to my next night dive, Maybe even a boat drop into. 45-60 reef
Shout out to MB and scubajenny for the awesome time!
Understanding my trepidation, my amazing instructor planned a shore dive with Max depth of about 15 feet off the SE FL shore. We entered at heavy twilight, and began to dive. Little nervous at first, but as te first couple minutes went by I noticed how amazing this was, it was a completely new experience and a whole different environment than the same one I had seen just 7 days prior. Everything was so alive! The coral the life and even my senses. We saw so many amazing things from golden stingray, to multiple eel and tons of fish, to what I think was a tarpon(shined my light dead ahead and saw a large 5-6 foot fish about 40 feet away) to my first squid which was amazing! And some luminescent organisms that were amazing, also all these little organisms on the coral which wa so alive! We surfaced a few times just to look around and it was so amazing to be in the dark with the moon in the water. Other than nailing my instructor wit my light a bunch of times, it went off with great success, I have been turned! Already looking forward to my next night dive, Maybe even a boat drop into. 45-60 reef
Shout out to MB and scubajenny for the awesome time!