Merida Divers
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Friday July 20th 2012 Boat Dive
Friday morning in sunny Qatar with a slight breeze and rolling seas we loaded the boat and headed out to John’s Eel Garden. The trip takes a little over one hour in normal conditions. 10 people on board today. With spring tide running the first anchor attempt failed to secure the bottom. With the second attempt being successful and all safety lines attached including the rear line and float the first batch of 6 divers dropped in the water. The visibility today is about 6 to 10 meters which is very good here in this part of the gulf. The first wave completed the last four of us descended to the depths. Barely reaching the bottom a couple of good size eagle rays did a fly by. What a way to start the dive. The usual suspects were on hand. Several moray eels, hundreds of yellow snapper, box fish, barracuda and countless other fish of all descriptions. Large groupers were everywhere to be seen but the prize was the very friendly spotted ray who is quite happy to have his picture taken. The second dive to the same location was a great success. Two of the four being on air went up the anchor line upon completion of their dive. The last two of us on enriched air sent the anchor up with a lift bag and then carried on with a drift dive. Two more spotted rays sleeping on the bottom along with two quite large barracudas giving us a good look over. Soft and hard coral spread out along the bottom with some rather nice barrel coral as well. Dive and safety stop completed we surfaced, rechecked the headcount before the trip home. Two miles from our home dock we spotted a group of 10 to 12 dolphins milling around. We stopped to watch them for a few minutes. There were juveniles in with the group so we did not disturb them for the obvious reasons. What a way to finish yet another fabulous boat dive in Qatar. Thanks again to all people on board for coming on the trip and also for everyone assisting in loading and unloading the boat.
Friday morning in sunny Qatar with a slight breeze and rolling seas we loaded the boat and headed out to John’s Eel Garden. The trip takes a little over one hour in normal conditions. 10 people on board today. With spring tide running the first anchor attempt failed to secure the bottom. With the second attempt being successful and all safety lines attached including the rear line and float the first batch of 6 divers dropped in the water. The visibility today is about 6 to 10 meters which is very good here in this part of the gulf. The first wave completed the last four of us descended to the depths. Barely reaching the bottom a couple of good size eagle rays did a fly by. What a way to start the dive. The usual suspects were on hand. Several moray eels, hundreds of yellow snapper, box fish, barracuda and countless other fish of all descriptions. Large groupers were everywhere to be seen but the prize was the very friendly spotted ray who is quite happy to have his picture taken. The second dive to the same location was a great success. Two of the four being on air went up the anchor line upon completion of their dive. The last two of us on enriched air sent the anchor up with a lift bag and then carried on with a drift dive. Two more spotted rays sleeping on the bottom along with two quite large barracudas giving us a good look over. Soft and hard coral spread out along the bottom with some rather nice barrel coral as well. Dive and safety stop completed we surfaced, rechecked the headcount before the trip home. Two miles from our home dock we spotted a group of 10 to 12 dolphins milling around. We stopped to watch them for a few minutes. There were juveniles in with the group so we did not disturb them for the obvious reasons. What a way to finish yet another fabulous boat dive in Qatar. Thanks again to all people on board for coming on the trip and also for everyone assisting in loading and unloading the boat.
