The visibility on today's dives went down the hole. With it, however, did not go the quality of dive sites. The redeeming factor was the supreme amount of reef relief (topographically speaking). The sites today had pinnacles, valleys, swim-throughs, walls, plateaus, caverns, etc, enough to rival Shark's Cove in Hawai'i. The visibility unfortunately did degrade the overall quality of the dive but I still had my favorite dive today. I think my outlook on diving and quality of dive sites will change when I get back home. I think I will start to notice fish species and abundance much more automatically than I do now. A bad site might be redeemed by a rare dog snapper instead of some random big fish. I'll find out when I get back to diving in Miami.
Two more noteworthy things happened today, neither of which are necessarily good. First, on the second dive of the day, Oryiey (really not sure how to spell his name) got lost looking at fish. I finished my count and together with Nathan we found Michelle. We waited for him then searched for a couple minutes before ascending, with a full 3-minute safety stop. Sure enough he was at the surface and he had in fact gotten lost but not knowing that gave us a bit of a scare underwater. The other noteworthy tidbit is that while doing pull-ups (I miss climbing) on a 3"x3" betal beam, my left hand slipped a bit and was pulled in a weird way as I tried to hang on. The back of my hand below the pinky and ring finger hurt as if I've pulled something. Hopefully a good night's rest can remedy the situation. I'll keep posted, but the first step is to sleep and it's already past 11pm.
Two more noteworthy things happened today, neither of which are necessarily good. First, on the second dive of the day, Oryiey (really not sure how to spell his name) got lost looking at fish. I finished my count and together with Nathan we found Michelle. We waited for him then searched for a couple minutes before ascending, with a full 3-minute safety stop. Sure enough he was at the surface and he had in fact gotten lost but not knowing that gave us a bit of a scare underwater. The other noteworthy tidbit is that while doing pull-ups (I miss climbing) on a 3"x3" betal beam, my left hand slipped a bit and was pulled in a weird way as I tried to hang on. The back of my hand below the pinky and ring finger hurt as if I've pulled something. Hopefully a good night's rest can remedy the situation. I'll keep posted, but the first step is to sleep and it's already past 11pm.
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