Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Advanced Open Water course

Tuesday and Wednesday assisting Asmui with AOD for Spencer, Nancy and Olivier. AOD much more fun than OWD since the dives are more advanced and little to do on the theory side, and obviously no Confined Water dives. Tuesday out to Nusa Penida, a very lively crossing indeed, the captain even stopped in the trickiest patch since waves were breaking ahead of the boat, a game of cat and mouse in the heavy sea sprinting between the largest waves. Very large Manta cruising around at the cleaning station and lots of Blue Spotted rays around. A cracking drift dive at SD, once Nancy managed to retrieve the weights situation. Wednesday at Padang Bai, been a little while since I was there, average visibility Ok, but quite a severe thermocline - brrrrrrr ! Night dive in Sanur Channel surprisingly interesting, nearly managed to get a snake wrapped around my neck, not a good idea, and saw a huge Moray Eel hiding down there. Since not that much to see here, curious that the latter has not been seen before now - they don't move around.

AOD much more profitable for the certifications.

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