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  Cozumel-Mexico     James Bond kind of stuff... 

 

Oct '99     Me and Laurie visited scenic La Paz, Mexico for three days of diving and the finest foods. The diving was excellent for the variety of conditions and sea life.  We were aiming for hammerhead sharks and manta rays and we got to see them all. The adventure included a couple of wreck dives as well and as an added bonus we never got sick during our stay. Day one was a good warm up, as the diving was easy but less scenic. The visibility in October starts to deteriorate and the water was kind of soupy. On that first day we ended up in a slow boat that was spewing a thick cloud of diesel smoke the whole time. Day two was the most impressive (in a new boat) as we met several manta rays and a whole gang of sea lions that were cruising among our mostly Japanese dive group. This day also included an interesting wreck dive with a very strong current. The third day was reserved for hammerhead shark poking. We spent two dives looking for these creatures swimming through murky waters. The first dive only yielded one hammerhead, but the second had a tidy little group of them cruising on the bottom. The Japanese got very excited when we finally saw the sharks and tried to swim after them with their expensive camera clusters.

  Sea of Cortez  

 

Looking good.

  Belize  A hard day's work in San Pedro - Ambergris Cay.

You'll find more details on our Belize adventure and diving experiences.

 

  Catalina Island  Scuba Diving Catalina

 

  Hawaii

 

 

  Red Sea, Sinai-Egypt      Sharm El-Sheik  

Tiran Island, Red Sea - Incredible visibility and poisonous lion fishes.

          

 Dive Africa  The dive operators we used in Egypt.  

 

SSI    PADI    NAUI   The organizations that certify people for diving.  Most have similar forms of instruction.  In the end it really doesn't matter where you get your license, but I am a card carrying SSI member.

 

Nitrox Diving  For diving longer, harder, deeper.

Diverdown   

Dive Log     name year night times depth (ft)
               
Catalina     Starlight Oct-94   5 40
      Arrowpoint       57
      Bird Rock       30
              77
               
Hawaii     Maui, Molokini May-96   2 70
              30
               
Belize     San Pedro  Oct-97   2  
      Blue Hole     3 120
      Turnefee     2  
      Tacklebox Hol Chan etc      
      Night dive   1 1  
               
Cozumel       Oct-97 1 1  
            4  
               
               
Egypt     Sharm El Sheik Dec-98      
      Night   1 1  
      Ras Mohammed     2  
      Tiran     2  
               
La Paz BC     Oct-99   5  
               
               
Tahiti     Moorea 2000   6  
               
               
               
California     La Jolla     2  
      Laguna Beach        
               
Thailand     Phuket Nov-02   2  
            2  
      Phi Phi     2  
      Krabi     2  
               
Roatan       Mar-03 1 7 ?+