raposarose
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My second dive without an instructor was a night dive. It was on the weekend I got engaged. My (now) wife and I had gone away for a "diving" weekend, though I had other plans. We dove at Monterey's Breakwater Cove. We rented flashlights, one large and one small. The batteries ran out on the large one 3/4 way through the dive. The bioluminescent plankton was beautiful, a kind of sparkling effect in the water (other times it is a gauzy light -- maybe it depends on the plankton type). We saw a lot of marine life and the dive had an eerie mystery since we both were so inexperienced with diving. The cove is by a coast guard base and right before walking into the water we heard "Taps" playing in the distance. Ominous! A great dive!!
(Now my first time snorkelling at night was something else too. I was halfway through my OW cert. class and I asked the instructor about night diving. He said that each dive should have glow sticks and a flashlight and a way of getting back to shore. So my friend and I got the equipment and just swam out in our snorkelling gear at San Diego's La Jolla Cove. We saw some lobsters, plenty of seaweed, some rockfish. It was a little daunting to go into that black water the very first time. But ever since I heard of night diving it sounded so intriguing that I really wanted to try it. I guess that's why I didn't wait for a specialty class or anything and tried it really early on. I always loved the night ocean. In truth it was a very mellow swim, but in practice, going out like that for the first time felt like an amazing adventure.)
(Now my first time snorkelling at night was something else too. I was halfway through my OW cert. class and I asked the instructor about night diving. He said that each dive should have glow sticks and a flashlight and a way of getting back to shore. So my friend and I got the equipment and just swam out in our snorkelling gear at San Diego's La Jolla Cove. We saw some lobsters, plenty of seaweed, some rockfish. It was a little daunting to go into that black water the very first time. But ever since I heard of night diving it sounded so intriguing that I really wanted to try it. I guess that's why I didn't wait for a specialty class or anything and tried it really early on. I always loved the night ocean. In truth it was a very mellow swim, but in practice, going out like that for the first time felt like an amazing adventure.)