67 dives for the year so far. Had eight outings (2 shore & 6 boat, totaling 14 dives) cancelled by weather.
Most of the dives were at home, with home defined as anything within a half day's drive. Two major trips: one to Barbados, Grenada, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines; the other to Belize. Both involved a week on a liveaboard sailboat with limited diving, plus some shore time before and after that permitted a little more diving. My wife is not a diver, so my trips can't be completely dive-centric. Two trips to the Keys: one to Key Largo, the other to Key West--only one day of diving on each, though.
Highlights of the year:
--A night dive in Belize under a nearly full moon in perfectly calm water when I learned that the underside of the surface of the water can be reflective. Positioned under a fever of spotted eagle rays, I could look directly up at their creamy undersides, and I could shine my light off the underside of the water's surface and see a perfect reflection of their top pattern. Astonishingly beautiful.
--My hundredth dive in November. Discreetly observed the tradition with a solo shore dive at an isolated location while my wife and sister stood lookout.
-Getting to dive with my youngest daughter for her first post-certification dive off Palm Beach last week. She took her OW course as a physical education class at college, and we got to dive together when we picked her up for Christmas break. She looked very comfortable in the water for someone doing her fifth dive. We're going up to Blue Grotto today because that's about the only place we can get in the water today with the winds blowing as they are.
All dives were recreational or training. That will change next year, as I will finish my divemaster certification as soon as the weather permits me to check off my last few boxes.
Loved reading your highlights! Especially the night dive in Belize. Happy to see someone got to observe the 'tradition' for the 100th dive!! (I didn't and nobody's disappointed!!)