Friday, April 6, 2007

Abu Kafan - 3 dives, Shaap Sheer - nightdive

Friday started out great! The visibility in Abu Kafan was great, at least 20-25m. The morning sun deflecting from the surface of the crystal clear water was well worth waking up early again. The morning for me would only consist diving with the more experienced divers. We did two deep dives to about 30 meters and saw schools of Barracudas and a Napoleon fish that really didn't seem to be too interested about a bunch of over excited divers chasing him... Too bad we didn't have our cameras with us...

After doing the third dive with the AOWD students it was time to do yet another night dive, this time with the experienced group. The night was clear and calm and we descended slowly to approximately 15 meters. We started gliding forwards slow and steady and took our time exploring the surroundings with our flashlights in almost a perfect full moon. This was the kind of dive that made me fall in love with the night dives in the first place! A definite highlight of the dive was the largest Moray Eel I've ever seen in my life! The beast was about 3 meters long getting everybody's attention while gliding in the midst of the chorals.

A perfect day!