Dive Day #5 Last day of diving

Hüt simmer s letschte mol im Dive Center go Zmorge esse. Während em Esse hed d Rebecca mit de Tauchlehrerin zeme d Theorie vom Navigationsteil vo erem Advanced Open Water Kurs aglueget gha.
Aschlüssend isch es mit em Boot für üs s dritte mol is Zentrum vom Komodo Nationalpark gange.

Für de ersti Tauchgang (Siaba Besar) simmer zeme is Wasser gumped, hend aber unter Wasser denn trennti Gruppe gha. Während d Rebecca mit em Kompass Navigationsüebige gmacht het, isch de Remo mit sinere Gruppe scho vo Afang ah d Gegend go erkunde. Mir hend mehreri Tintefisch, en Schwarzspitze Riffhai, en Mobula Roche und es paar Schildkrote gseh. Di eint Schildkrot hemmer, während sie am esse gsi isch, sehr nöch chöne filme und sie isch gar nöd schüch gsi.

Während üsem zweite Tauchgang in Makassar Riff (damol nöd Manta point) hemmer hüt chli Pech gha, well d Strömig so schwach gsi isch. Drum hets leider nöd sehr viel grossi Fisch gha und vorallem kei Mantas. Es paar Schwazspitze Riffhaie und en Doktorfisch so wie es paar Kugelfisch hemmer glich gseh. D Rebecca hett de Tauchgang gnutzt zum eri Tarierigsüebige vom Advanced Open Water Kurs z mache. Da sind zum Bispiel Purzelbäum, Schrube oder mol Köpf über under Wasser z schwebe gsi.

Für de dritti und für üs letschti Tauchgang do in Komodo simmer nomol uf Batu Bolong gange. Döte isch d Farbepracht vo de viele Hart und Weichkkoralle wieder sehr faszienierend gsi. Mir hend während dem Tauchgang vor Allem chlini Sache versteckt im Riff wie Shrimps, Meeresschnecke und es Krebsli gseh. Aber au mehreri chlineri Muhräne und zwei drü grösseri Süesslippefisch. Ganz am Schluss hets no en schwangere Kugelfisch gha, wo vo üs am Koralle fresse gsi isch.

Zrugg i de Tauchschuel hett d Rebecca no de letscht Teil Theorie vo erem Advanced Open Water abgschlosse und ahschlüssend d Zertifizierig becho.
Nocher isch es au scho Ziit gsi zum üs vo üsere Tauchlehrerin, de Sandra, z verabschiede. Mir hend mega e gueti Ziit gha do im Komodo mit ere. Während dene 15 Tauchgäng hemmer meh Sache gseh als mer üs erträumt hetted. Mir hend sehr viel vo ere chönne lerne, nöd nur fürs Tauche sondern au fürs Lebe a de Oberflächi und hend üs mit ere trotz sehr unterschiedliche Gegebeheite under Wasser immer sicher gfühlt.
Abgschlosse hemmer de Obig mit es paar Tauchkollege imne authentische, italienische Restaurant.
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Today we had our last breakfast at the dive center. While eating Rebecca had the navigation theory of her advanced open water course. Afterwards the boat brought us to central komodo national park for our third time.

For our first dive (Siaba Besar) we went down together but split into two diffrent groups under Water. While Rebecca was doing navigation exercises with her compass, Remo was already exploring the area with his group from the beginning on. We have seen multiple cuttle fish, a black tip shark, a few turtles and even a mobula ray was circeling above us. There was one turtle which we were able to get really close to while it was eating. It was not shy or afraid of us divers at all.

During our second dive at Massakar Reef (this time not manta point ) we had a bit bad luck that the current was not that strong. Therefore we havent seen much large fish and no manta. We saw a few black tip reef sharks, a doctor fish and a puffer fish anyway. Rebecca used this dive to do her buoyancy exercises of the course. She turned in every axis back and forth plus some hovering upside down was on her plan.

For our third and last dive here in Komodo we went to Batu Bolong again. The colors of the diffrent hard an soft corals were really fascinating again. This dive was especially good for makro fish hidden in the reef like shrimp, nudiebranch or crayfish. But there were also some smaller moray eels and some bigger sweet lips dancing on the reef. At the end oft the dive there was a highly pregnant puffer fish eating some coral right in front of us.

Back at the dive shop Rebecca finished the last part of theory of her Advanced Open Water course and got certified.
After that it was already time to say good bye to our diving teacher, Sandra. We had a really great time with her here in Komodo. During the 15 dives we had with her we have seen more that we have dreamed of, we learned a lot from her not just for diving but also fot the life above the surface. Although the experienced diffrent circumstances on each dive we felt very safe with her.
At the end of the day we ate dinner with some of our diving friends at an authentic italian restaurant.Read more