Non-northside dives

We were up early for two dives on the north side - supposedly better diving but wind has prevented us from going there before. We had DM Andrea again plus Katelin and 2 DMTs.

Our first site was a wall dive: Raggedy Cay. It was the best dive here so far...the corals weren't as colourful as the south side but there were far more fish and they always make it more pretty and interesting for me. We saw a barracuda, a big green eel, tons of tiny blue fish, blue tangs, parrots. Still not on the level of Asia or Egypt though.

Our second site was Stingray Point. Andrea spent the first 20 minutes searching little growths in the sand for tiny creatures. She gleefully showed us a slug-type thing that was half a cm long. We were bored...then fed up. The lack of large, pelagic species seems to have led all the DMs to focus on tiny animals without considering the paying customers might not care less! Eventually we moved onto the reef which was ok but the visibility wasn't great and there was a green tinge again. My ears started hurting so I ascended a bit and stayed above everyone - far better fish life above anyway. It was a rubbish dive - my highlight was a huge triggerfish. Andrea has never seen a whale shark and she's been a DM for 3 years!!! This makes us doubt how often they actually see whale sharks!

It started raining on the way back and we all got a bit cold. We had breakfast of nutella crêpes and cinnamon buns and went for a walk around town. We stopped in at a freediving place but costs were over $200 for a 2 day course - unsure why it's so high when little equipment is involved. It started to rain as we walked back and we were soon soaked. I got cold and felt a bit drained so stayed in bed for most of the afternoon. It was pouring with rain so I didn't miss much.

I checked a dive map and discovered our first site was on the West coast, the second was definitely southside. We had specifically asked for northside and said we didn't want to go anywhere else so were pretty pissed off. Katelin went to ask why and was told that there weren't enough fun divers to finance a northside trip! Most of the divers were DMTs. Katelin has been here 2 weeks and never been to the northside despite them saying all the morning dives are northside. They claim to be the dive school going most to the northside but seem to be lying! Grrr...I feel a TripAdvisor review coming on.

We went to Mario's Place for dinner then played Monopoly Deal and Uno before heading to bed tired.もっと詳しく