Aotus
Contributor
a couple weeks ago I was taking a cavern class at Vortex Springs FL. It was a busy weekend and several divers were in and out of the cavern. I'd just finished a drill and was on my way up with my buddy. He paused to watch something below so I turned and admired the massive rock wall behind me. I turned back to check on my buddy and he was pointing at something behind me and up...I turned, thinking, "he really is underestimating my awareness of my surroundings if he thinks I'm going to run into this wall, i was just looking at it..." then i see a face in the wall! It smiled and waved a camouflaged hand at me and I jumped (as much as one can when neutrally buoyant). I started laughing into my regulator as I was admiring the camouflaged wetsuit the free diver was wearing, and then I blinked and he was gone again. I saw him at the surface, he told me he thinks he caught my reaction on film, pointing to his mask-mounted gopro. wish I'd thought to give him my email address.