Last weekend I was in Anilao for open water sessions for my IDC. We did our exercises at kambingan and while taking a break from the exercises I pass the time by looking at the marine life at 15 feet. Before I never cared to look at the marine life at the 15 feet ledge just before the drop off. I realize that there is a lot of nice things even just at 15 feet. I stared at a table coral and a anemone for 10 minutes looking at the different life form that either emerge from it or went hiding into it. A coral about 2 feet in diameter is like a whole community. It has its locals and its got its visitors and passerbys. As I stared into the coral I wondered how many different species of organisms are probably interacting and moving about there. I bet there is probably an organism living there not yet discovered by science.
When I started diving I always wanted to go deep. The deeper the dive the better. The bigger the fish the better. Now I am starting to appreciate the shallow dives and the small fishes. I remember a conversation with Warren Dixon (IDAP Course Director) a few months ago and I told him of my fascination for depth and he told me then "Me, I like 15 feet". At that time I just laughed and told myself this guy is probably too old to go to deeper dives but now I understand why he said that.
When I started diving I always wanted to go deep. The deeper the dive the better. The bigger the fish the better. Now I am starting to appreciate the shallow dives and the small fishes. I remember a conversation with Warren Dixon (IDAP Course Director) a few months ago and I told him of my fascination for depth and he told me then "Me, I like 15 feet". At that time I just laughed and told myself this guy is probably too old to go to deeper dives but now I understand why he said that.