Day 7: O’Brien
Today was a great final day. The water was too choppy to dock the boat on our pier, so we had to take vans to another port nearby. The boat ride only ended up being about 30 seconds to our dive site.
Trinity CavesThis was our first dive site of the morning. It...
Blog Post Day 7
Today was the last two dives of the trip. On the first dive I was having trouble equalizing which was actually kind of a blessing because while I was trying to equalize a huge green sea turtle swam right under me. This turtle was missing a fin but was still able to swim faster than me, something I thought...
Day 1- The Beginning
The roaring waves crash against the shore, filling the air with an inescapable salty odor. I took one final breath of fresh air, gather my crimson red fins at my side, and plunge into the oceans ice cold embrace.
The day began with the loud beeping of my alarm at exactly 2:50 A.M. As a resident of a subarb far...
Cayman Islands – Final Day
Today was the last full day in the Cayman Islands! I am super sad to leave such an awesome place. It was an extremely fun and also educational experience that I would take again in a heartbeat. Today we finishednoff our last two morning dives with another deeo 100 foot dive and a shallow final dive. the last dive...
Matthew Gonzalez – Day 1
From the moment I stepped off the plane and as I arrived at Cobalt Coast Resort, my expectations for this trip sky rocketed. The warmth, the music, and the service had a strong impact on my original perspective of the experience to come. I went swimming with my buddies, ate a great dinner, explored the coast, but most importantly,...
Sam Sudderth Day 7: The Big Ending
This morning we gloomily woke up around 7AM, disappointed that our last day of diving was already upon us. We ate breakfast and got ready to dive around 7:45. For our first dive of the day we went to a site called Sand Hole. Here, we followed the edge of a mini-wall, which was packed with coral, sponges, and...
Last Day (07/26/19)
Last dives. For our last day in the Grand Cayman we dove in the Trinity Caves and the Chain Reef. The Trinity Caves consisted of a large, narrow canyons that formed a large U that we dove through. As we descended and began to enter the canyon, a huge Green Sea Turtle crossed our field of vision. Unfortunately this...
Day 3 Cayman Islands
Once again, we started our day all together eating a buffet style breakfast. We then started to gather our supplies and boarded the boat to go to our first dive. After about 20 minutes on the boat, we arrived at our first dive site "Big Tunnels". With the help of the two instructors, my partner, Nico Boyd, and I...