2019

After having a healthy amount of breakfast, we all set out to our first location, Big Tunnels. This was one of the deeper dives, reaching 105 feet! The second location was called Bonnie's Arch, which had many different and weird kinds of fish, like the Royal Gramma Basslet, which will be discussed in later. The dives so far have...

After breakfast we boarded the boat for an exciting adventure at Big Tunnels for the deepest dive yet this trip. Upon entering we immediately saw some black durgon swimming near the bottom. We descended over the coral reefs and began our path around the coral reefs. When we were at our deepest depth of 100ft. my partner and I...

This morning, the group and I began the day with a wonderful breakfast of eggs and pancakes. The Twin Sister voyaged us out towards the site. Our first dive of the morning took place in the Big Tunnels. Dive master Bernie lead our group down into the depths of the sea to depths near 80 to 100 feet. My...

Gearing up for an early flight, I groggily threw my suitcase and backpack into the car and we were off to the airport at 3:30 A.M. I met the rest of the class at the airport and we were off. After a long trip through security we made it to our gate and took off to Florida. After a...

This morning, our group took a trip to two different dive sites to get acquainted with the new environment. As we dove into the water, we gradually descended and followed our guide Curtis around the reef. Large schools of colorful parrotfish swam around the abundant corals, munching on them as they passed. After we finished with the guided tour,...

This trip has been nothing shy of incredible. Building new relationships with an amazing group of people has really helped me become more comfortable and more open with others, which has made this trip an extra special opportunity. I really like this group of people, both the teachers and the students. Each person has unique and special characteristics. Hanging...

What a way to end off the trip: two incredible dives, a long, laugh filled conversation with my piers, a delicious dinner, an amazing prayer service, and a free fruit punch to finish off the night. I'm sad that it has to come to an end, but like everything, it does, and I don't think it could have ended...

Today, our last day of Cayman, began like all of the other days of the week with a 6:30 alarm before heading to breakfast at 7. After breakfast, we headed out to our last two dives of the trip. During these last couple of dives, I tried not to expect much, instead I tried to let whatever happened happen...

We had an awesome first day on the island. Today we had our first snorkel off of the pier by the resort. One of the first things that I noticed about the reef was that it is different from what I am used to seeing in Hawaii. There are mostly small caribbean sea fans with some brain coral and star...