Catching up is hard to do... Part 2

I know it's been about time since I actually updated my blog from when I said I'd update it so here's some of the past dates of possible interest..

Friday, May 26 - Scuba: Session 2


Today for our Open Water session we went to the Northern Exposure. This was really cool because we went during starfish breeding season when thousands of starfish come to this spot to mate. We went a few days after the week of prime mating so there weren't nearly as many starfish, but there were still hundreds of them all over the sea floor. It was so cool. They were huge! Some spanned over 2 feet in diameter. They come to this one spot during about a one week period every year to breed. I hope to come out again next year during this time and hopefully I'll have an underwater case for my digital and be able to take lots of pics!

Saturday, May 27 - Scuba: Session 3 & 4

For our final Open Water scuba sessions, we returned to the Northern Exposure for our first dive in the morning, and in the afternoon we went to the Victoria Wreck site. This wreck is that of a cargo ship that had started taking in water in the harbor. However, by the time the pumps from land arrived to help pump the water out of the ship, it had already sunk, the day prior to their arrival. Late by a day. Though if you know anything about how timely things typically run on the island, it comes as no surprise. So anyway, the dive shops in the area all got together and thought it would be great to have a wreck dive site that was close to the island that they could take their students and clients to. So they had the ship towed out to sea. However, enroute to the chosen site, the tow cable snapped and the ship once again sank. But it ended up working out well since the site the ship sank was on a nice coral reef so it was actually quite a nice dive site.

When we dove there, the wreck was about 10 years old and it was teeming with aquatic life. It was very neat as we were able to swim around the ship as well as in the cargo hold area. We even got to see some barracuda who left us alone as we them. One side of the ship's hull was bare while the other was covered with coral, barnicals and other from the way the current flowed.

And so the conclusion of our 4th and final Open Water dive signaled our graduation and certification as Open Water Scuba Divers! yay! So much fun. I can hardly wait to go out again. I've enjoyed it immensely. Much more than I ever thought I would. Now only to come up with the money to fund my joy dives :)