Sunday, July 01, 2007

Matt vs The Deep Blue

Matt: So I conquered the oppressive deep blue this weekend. I completed my PADI Open Water training course allowing me to Scuba dive pretty much anywhere in the world up to 18 Metres deep. What a great weekend it was too.

This weekend was the climax of several weeks of training in the pool and classroom lectures. We did 4 sea dives over on the east coast, staying at the Sandy Beach Hotel. It was a great experiences and I highly recommend it, Jumping of a boat and the following the anchor-line down to the bottom of the ocean is pretty thrilling, especially when you first submerge and all you can see is blackness below..

Thinking back it's very surreal, almost like it wasn't or couldn't have been real - but it was.. fining along a coral covered rock face with a multitude of brightly coloured fish all around is a great feeling.

Naomi and Mari-Ann came along for a pleasure dive or 2, now we can start to plan diving holidays! Great!! :)

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