Last year the wife and I went to Jamaica for our vacation. This year we repeated that trip. For those interested, the reefs have noticably improved in just a year.
I dove the same reefs as last year and was stunned by the improvement, in just a years time. The fish population is way up from last year too. I encountered a school of blue reef fish that was HUGE.
The Jamaicans have instituted a "Save the reef" program, and I couldn't be happier :boings: I hope they keep it going. The fishermen (most of them) have started paying attention to anchoring only on sand and not just dropping anywhere. Now if they could stop fish trapping.
This year also marks my wifes first open water dive. She did very well on all the dives. Her gas consumption is better than mine..... dang it all, and I've been diving for over 30 years :11ztongue She came up with almost 500psi more than me on every dive. But then again, she's 12 years younger, and in much better shape than me.
Here's a shot of us on her second dive.... you can almost see her grinning. Her bouyancy control was really good for a newbee. She had no dangeling SPG or second....And best of all, she stayed off of the reef. I'm so proud
I dove the same reefs as last year and was stunned by the improvement, in just a years time. The fish population is way up from last year too. I encountered a school of blue reef fish that was HUGE.
The Jamaicans have instituted a "Save the reef" program, and I couldn't be happier :boings: I hope they keep it going. The fishermen (most of them) have started paying attention to anchoring only on sand and not just dropping anywhere. Now if they could stop fish trapping.
This year also marks my wifes first open water dive. She did very well on all the dives. Her gas consumption is better than mine..... dang it all, and I've been diving for over 30 years :11ztongue She came up with almost 500psi more than me on every dive. But then again, she's 12 years younger, and in much better shape than me.
Here's a shot of us on her second dive.... you can almost see her grinning. Her bouyancy control was really good for a newbee. She had no dangeling SPG or second....And best of all, she stayed off of the reef. I'm so proud
