Second dive at Little Cayman. Dive site known as Sara's set...Day trip over from Cayman Brac during a week-long dive vacation. Saw 5 Caribbean Reef sharks, a huge(9'-10') nurse shark, a 20-30 lb grouper being eyed by the above sharks, two spotted eagle rays, along with a huge assortment of smaller reef critters (fish and invertebrates) and this was the "second, shallow reef" dive of the day. The first dive of the day was Bloody Bay Wall...
2007 Remembered - Your Best Dive
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dvrliz1
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Ok, easy for me. It was my first dive after my brain surgery!!!! My husband (an certified instructor) and my "big brother" Bart from Wannadive were like 2 mother hens. TheY continually checked my BCD, hoses, gauges, etc. while arguing over whether it was safer for me to giant stride off the Wannadive Dock or to do a shore entry. For 3 years I didn't dive and I always invisioned myself doing a giant stride of a dock, like I did for my checkout dives 15 years prior. Kind of a re-birth. While they argued, I just walked away, walked to the end of the dock as I watched my buddy Mary go in. I said nothing, the guys were still arguing and I just looked at Mary and returned here "OK" signal. In I went, the first breath of my regulator told me I was home again and maintaining my neutral bouyancy was left in my head after surgery! PS. THE GUYS NEVER NOTICED THAT I WAS GONE!!!!
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That would be a dive at Telford Springs in Luraville, Florida. We must have been 2000ft into the cave before we hit thirds, and got to see the cave type change from dark and foreboding, to low and silty, pass two sinkholes, low beddings planes, narrow crevices, a section that looked like we were swimming through holesin a giant swiss cheese then "beulahland" 
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Sure can't beat that Liz.
My best dive was with my wife last month on Bari Reef in Bonaire. We had already experienced the "Bonaire double" having seen both a frogfish and seahorse on the same dive. On this dive my wife caught my attention and pointed out the Southern Stingray gracefully swimming by about thirty or so feet away. Not more than five minutes later a Hawksbill turtle swam by not more than ten feet away. My wife passed me the small p&s camera we had and I managed to get about three minutes of thirty second video clips of the turtle now not more than five feet away. When we moved up into the shallow part of the reef we saw some commontion and as we got closer saw an octopus hunting in broad daylight with a few other fish waiting to see what scraps they could get. Another couple of minutes of video clips.
I asked one of the guys at the dive shop if this dive had a name similar to the "Bonaire double." His response was "a good day on the reef." I have to agree.
My best dive had to be Blackbeards in May. Week of nothing but diving and eating. LOVED IT!
Rick, My "best" dive is probably also my "worst" dive (and certainly not my "favorite" dive) of 2007. We went to Nanaimo (British Columbia) in mid-January for 3 days of diving in too cold water on wrecks (and walls).
I was diving a new (to me) rig (doubles and new dry suit) in water much colder than I'd ever been doing a type of dive (square profile/deepish) that was way out of the ordinary. In other words, a setup for things to go wrong -- and they did.
On descent (in current, on a line, following my "insta" buddy) I started overbreathing my reg as I flooded my mask. I flashed my buddy (about 10 feet below me at 20') and bolted to the surface. He immediately came up and listened to me while I said "I couldn't do the dive." We stayed on the surface maybe two minutes which allowed me to catch my breath, get my mask squared away and mentally stablized.
He asked me if I wanted to get out -- I said, "No, let's do it." We then had an absolutely wonderful dive on the H.M.S. Saskatchewan (sp?).
I learned so much from those first 5 minutes of hitting the water and eventually bolting that this was by far my "best" dive of 2007.
My "favorite" dive was my last dive -- with Rob N. in Jackson Blue. Absolutely, positively, priceless!
I was diving a new (to me) rig (doubles and new dry suit) in water much colder than I'd ever been doing a type of dive (square profile/deepish) that was way out of the ordinary. In other words, a setup for things to go wrong -- and they did.
On descent (in current, on a line, following my "insta" buddy) I started overbreathing my reg as I flooded my mask. I flashed my buddy (about 10 feet below me at 20') and bolted to the surface. He immediately came up and listened to me while I said "I couldn't do the dive." We stayed on the surface maybe two minutes which allowed me to catch my breath, get my mask squared away and mentally stablized.
He asked me if I wanted to get out -- I said, "No, let's do it." We then had an absolutely wonderful dive on the H.M.S. Saskatchewan (sp?).
I learned so much from those first 5 minutes of hitting the water and eventually bolting that this was by far my "best" dive of 2007.
My "favorite" dive was my last dive -- with Rob N. in Jackson Blue. Absolutely, positively, priceless!
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June 2007 Fort Lauderdale
Hog Heaven and Donal McAllister wrecks
Hog Heaven and Donal McAllister wrecks
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My best dive of the year was actually yesterday! It didn't qualify as the best dive because I didn't really see very much life but it was a dive at North Monastery in Monterey with my dive instructor. The surf was probably 4-6 ft with about a minute between big sets. This was the biggest surf I had ever attempted, anyway, I got in and through the surf perfectly which was awesome!! Then we went out and I broke my depth record as we dove to 95 ft. At one point I got behind my instructor and he kicked the reg out of my mouth which I calmly recovered immediately. Then on the exit, my instructor got the timing and got out perfectly but I was a little slower and got smashed down in the sand and rolled over. As I was kneeling there my training launched into effect before I noticed and my hand was over my reg and mask just as another big wave knocked me down. My instructor told me to ride the next wave in which I did and was suddenly up the beach, I did the graceful "Monastery crawl" out of the surf no worse for the wear with a grin from ear to ear and sand EVERYWHERE! I was euphoric for the rest of the day having broken my depth record and for having my training tested and proven! Awesome!!
Single dive: Devil's Grotto in Grand Cayman.
For some reason no one else on the Aggressor but my buddy and I managed to find it, so we had the whole thing to ourselves for two 60min dives. Truly amazing.
For some reason no one else on the Aggressor but my buddy and I managed to find it, so we had the whole thing to ourselves for two 60min dives. Truly amazing.
A tie between:
1) my first trip out of two to the Mexican Pride this year (photos courtesy of MissD)...I've never seen water this blue in Florida before.
2) a dive at Casino Point in Catalina...briefly lost my buddy Dr Miguel in the kelp (photos courtesy of him) when I ran into a Black Sea Bass that makes a Goliath Grouper look like the little brother you pick on...this giant followed us for a good 15-20 minutes and would get within spittin' distance of us.
Cheers.
-J.-
1) my first trip out of two to the Mexican Pride this year (photos courtesy of MissD)...I've never seen water this blue in Florida before.
2) a dive at Casino Point in Catalina...briefly lost my buddy Dr Miguel in the kelp (photos courtesy of him) when I ran into a Black Sea Bass that makes a Goliath Grouper look like the little brother you pick on...this giant followed us for a good 15-20 minutes and would get within spittin' distance of us.
Cheers.
-J.-
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