My course is complete and I am now an Advanced Open Water diver! Since I had the best instructor at the shop everything obviously went well :) We did our night dive on Friday which was cool in a kind of spooky way. We went out in the boat at dusk so there was still a little light when we got in the water. We brought down bright flashlights and it was a totally different experience than normal. Most creatures are asleep but Caitlin spotted us 2 octopus, 1 sleeping and partially burrows in the sand and another crawling on the coral.
On Saturday morning we went to the Northside of the island which is a little less busy than the harbor where all the dive shops are located. We had a couple of really nice dives. The water was super clear and we got to do our deep dive- down to 100ft (30m)!!! Because it was so clear it didn't feel weird being so far down, though you can definitely feel the increased pressure. There are lots of reef walls that drop really far down and it is cool being able to go deeper and see some different creatures.
On our way back to the dock Caitlin and I spotted a pod of dolphins! There were about 100 spinner dolphins in the pod including a number of small juveniles and they were jumping out of the water and playing near the boat. One even leapt and did a corkscrew flip before diving back in! Our captain Danito caught up with them and we all got to jump in and snorkel with them. It was incredible being surrounded by dolphins and hearing all their clicks and chirps in the water. They seemed relaxed about us being close to them and a lot of dolphins stuck around to check us out. They were so close I was almost able to reach out and touch them! What a fantastic experience, especially as an unexpected bonus to an already great day!
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