2019

The day began at 6 A.M. sharp followed by a quick and tasty breakfast prepared by Cobalt Coasts Dining Service. Then we boarded our dive boat for the next five days, the "Twin Sister". Our divemasters, Curtis and Bernie, lead us through a quick rundown of basic procedures and guidelines before we headed off to our first dive site,...

After strapping up my BCD and leaping into the water it was finally time to scuba dive, Today is our second day in the Cayman Islands and we had our first two dives. After descending with buddy's Sam and Brandon for the first dive a whole new wold was down below me. Immediately as I descended I spotted 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,...

Wow...my first true open water dives today. They were honestly incredible and there is nothing else comparable to diving. The first dive was at School House reef, where I got all the way down to sixty three feet deep. I saw many angel fish and also even saw a lion fish in school house.I felt it really was just...

After a buffet style breakfast in the morning, we got right on our way to doing our first tank dive of the trip. We all gathered up near the dive shop and prepped for our dive discussing the logistics of the boat as well as the do's and don't's. We grabbed our gear, boarded the boat, and were on...

Today was our first day in the Grand Caymans. After a fun time at the airport and in the air, we arrived to our destination: Cobalt Coast Resort. Once we got settled into our rooms, we had the opportunity to go snorkeling off the coast of the resort. While I was snorkeling, I was able to identify various fish we...

Shortly after arriving at the Cobalt Coast Resort, we gathered our snorkeling supplies and enthusiastically climbed down into the water from the dock. With my partner, Nico Boyd, we quickly got acclimated to temperature and conditions of the water. Together, we swam out away from the shore to explore and try and find marine life. Immediately, we came across multiple...

Today the main activity was the snorkeling excursion of the shore of the Cobalt Coast, the dive resort we are staying at. I was fortunate enough to see a multitude of fish that I studied. One of the popular fish that I saw today was the blue headed wrasse. The family of wrasse contains over 600 species all unique...

After an early wake-up and flight from Dallas Love Field, we made it to Fort Lauderdale, Florida; then to George Town, Grand Cayman; and finally to our dive resort known as Cobalt Coast. Soon after, our group hit the ground running with a quick snorkel right off the dock of the hotel less than a minute's walk from our...