Just an update on how the weekend went. We went out to Tintamarre on Sunday with some of the AUC med students. Apparently there was some kind of practice exam in the morning, so of course they were late (no big surprise with the Medical Students). But it was well worth the wait. For most of the divers it was their first dive after their Open Water Certification with us, and I have to say that I was very proud as one of their instructors. Buoyancy was great, buddy checks were fantastic, the descents and ascents were all nice and slow. Nice diving, guys! The viz at Tintamarre was really gorgeous and one of the divers counted 23 box fish!
In the morning on Sunday we went to our two local reefs. The viz still isn't fantastic, but I was really surprised at how many fish there were. There was just shoal after shoal after shoal of fish. it is amazing how resilient the reefs are after OMAR, and it was just so nice to be diving our local sites again. For me, anyway, it is like visiting a friend.
Chris, Craig and I are still making improvements to the center. Chris has just installed a pipe ensuring that the water from the rinse tank goes into a soak away and not into the road. It is only a small thing, but all the small improvements add up. I will post some photos when I take them.... Let us know if you have any suggestions, we always welcome comments. We are thinking about starting a day trip to Tintamarre. This would include 2 dives in the morning, a couple of hours at the beautiful Tintamarre beach over lunch (which we will provide) and then another dive in the afternoon. Is this something that would interest people? We usually stop at Tintamarre for about 30 minutes during our surface interval, but everyone always agrees that they could spend more time there. We would take a mud bath, maybe do some sun bathing, a really cool day for everyone.
That's all for now, I will "blog" more soon.
(this was written by Sally)
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