The things to see only come up from the depths of the ocean at night and sink back into the abyss during the day. I want to do this dive but can’t convince my dive partner to proceed.
That sounds amazing. I can't imagine how tiny and insignificant you'd feel on such a dive....like your nothing, just floating through space.
Do you use lights or no? (I mean at this point I just have to look it up)
I was preparing for a night dive in the sea (Atlantic) just over a month ago. There was quite a bit of swell, about 5 ft vertical and 4 yards sideways, at the jetty which would make exit a bit tricky and the water had that sort of menacing swirling look to it so some were already a bit nervous. I was chatting to one of the group who I knew to be an experienced instructor but then she said she had never dived at night before, was there anything about night diving that bothered me. I said not really but then jokingly added that sometime on night dives I get the feeling a large fish is lurking in the darkness eyeing me up for its breakfast, putting in mildly this did nothing to boost the confidence of the members of the group who were already nervous.
That's great. That's the thing, when I'm in a group or close buddy setting I'm 100% ok. Maybe ego, maybe safety in numbers, or maybe I'm just confident that if s**t really were to hit the fan I know I can swim faster than SOMEONE in the group, lol.