First Arab underwater

- We both woke up early to drive to the dive centre to prepare for the 2 dives today! Anas was still slightly anxious about what to expect from the experience
- We arrived at 7.45 and Anas used his puffer outside the dive centre, so to hide it from the instructor otherwise pepe would have killed him.
- We assembled our gear, jumped on the boat and drove to the first dive site which was Manta Point like yesterday.
- Anas was hesitant when entering the water, but after falling backwards relatively gracefully he soon adapted to the ocean.
- We descended below the boat and after 5 minutes of acclimatisation to understand breathing we reached the bottom.
- Then Mantas emerged! There were around 8 rays varying in size, with a noticeable pregnant manta who was huge. Ollie got some insane shots and is well on his way for deep sea photographer of the year.
- The best shot was when a manta flew over his head (0.25m away) and he blew bubbles on its belly.
- After gawking at mantas for 50 minutes we ascended to the surface and got back on the dive boat
- Anas immediately started to feel sick and began heaving over the side of the boat... classy. He was fine after 20 minutes of very rocky sailing
- The next dive site was Mangrove Point. This was a reef where fish are born and develop, so hopes were high. As the area had a strong current flowing north, we would start the dive south and be picked up further up the island.
- We started the dive and were swept along beautiful coral reefs with an abundance of fish in every direction. This was also an amazing moment to practise buoyancy in the water, whereby you inflate and deflate your BCD (Bouynacy control device) so that you can 'hover' horizontally.
- Anas was surprisingly good at this and picked it up quickly. Ollie spent his time practising getting super close to the coral with this technique and definitely didn't crash a few times.
- We outlasted all the other divers (45 minutes underwater) and regrouped on the boat.
- After a short drive back we finished at the dive shop! Anas paid for the entire thing as he was deeply in debt with ollie.
- After grabbing the drone we drove to devils tear on the west coast of the island (squrity cliffs). They were rather wet. Anas is still complaining about spending £1.25 each on this activity...what a moron
- We finally drove to sunset point, ate our bodies worth in food (except for anas who has his meal messed up twice) and attempted to plan the rest of the trip with moderate success.Leia mais