Like any other morning I woke up to an amazing breakfast and prepared for the day. I put on swimming shorts and packed my scuba gear. We began the day by heading to captain zodiac. My first specific topic is over the zodiac boat which can hit 90 mph. The boat is said to be as “untippable” as a boat can get. The type of boat was created by the government and used by the navy seals. The zodiac took us to a Captain Cook reef were we snorkeled around for a while. On our way back we did tricks in the boat, at one point jumped in the water and chased dolphins, and saw a manta ray feeding. After the pretty neat boat we headed back to the house where we had some baked potatoes. After taking a small break we went back to the pier to get on another boat and headed down the coastline. As we passed by a fish farm we saw a monk seal and some dolphins. At our dive location we stopped next to three other boats but we were the only one doing two dives. My first dive was nice I saw some new fish and an two different kinds of eels. The second dive I joined the campfire. My second specific topic is the campfire which actually isn’t a campfire underwater but is three massive lights placed in the middle of about 30-50 people. These people are also shining a flashlight into the sky and the reason all this light is getting put into the sky, or above our head, is to attract small critters like plankton. The manta rays stay within the campfire because it is feasting on all the plankton we are gathering for it. My last specific topic is the Manta Ray and how it is an amazing gentle giant. While it only touched me once I can saw it is fairly soft. Though no person should touch a wild manta because it has a coating on it to protect it from diseases. The manta can be determined it’s gender by its claspers, females flat and males not so flat. We saw two females. After the awesome dives we headed back to the house to eat and sleep. I’m looking forward for tomorrow’s blackwater dive.
