Alex Santoni '21
Day 7
At last we have reached the final day of this amazing adventure. The two dives today were pretty simple, not too deep and both he nice reefs. Despite these dives draining my last bits of energy, they were ultimately worth it because we finally got to see a sea turtle in the wild. He was small and alone, but...
Day 6
Today's dive were very special because we go to see two different wrecks. The first was called Kittiwake and the second was the Doc Poulson. The Kittiwake wreck is an Ex- US Navy submarine rescue vessel. It is the larger of the two stretching to about 212 feet long and ranging from about 15 to 55 feet in depth....
Day 5
Our first dive of the day was Hepp's pipeline and the second was Spanish Bay reef, names after the dive resort that had been located their before Hurricane Ivan devastated it. On the first dive, the coolest fish I saw was a juvenile drumfish. These fish were small black fish that had white stripes and a triangular shaped body....
Day 4
Tuesday morning started off with a surprise thunder storm on our side of the island. I was afraid for a little while that the rain would interfere with our ability to dive. Luckily a short bus ride to another dock with clear skies allowed us to continue as planned. The morning dives were good. On one I was able...
Day 3
Early awakening, breakfast, a slow sleepy walk to the Twin Sisters, and we were off to our first dive city. The name of this location was called Big Tunnels, names for its canyon like formation and long tunnel which we were able to swim through. This was probably my favorite dive so for due to the coral canyons we...
Day 2
Another early alarm and we were off to breakfast, preparing ourselves for our first open water dives of the trip. Before today I had only dove in a murky lake and was eager to jump into the clear waters. After our dive briefing, we boarded our boat, the Twin Sister. We met our dive masters, Curtis and Bernie, who...
Day 1
After an early morning alarm, two flights, and a bus drive, we arrived at Cobalt Coast Resort, ready to explore the enticing waters. To begin our experience, we snorkeled off the shore of the resort with a buddy. Ben Levis, my partner, and I were very excited to get into the water and swim around. We started to...