Thursday, April 17, 2008

Dayang 13-16 April 2008

Went on another trip to Dayang. I have to admit it was very fun and wonderful. Visibility was good on more of our dive stops at Captain Point, Rayner's Rock and Pinang. The crowd was great too. Peace brother, woohoo!

As with the other dives, I see a lot of fishes like nemo, moray eel, bumphead, batfish, blue puffer fish, white puffer fish, sea turtle, nudibranch, sea slugs, etc. The most amazing sightings of this trip were
1) White spotted moray eel
2) Porcupine puffer fish
3) Trigger fish
4) red color sea slug (I do not know the name)
5) sea turtle mating
6) Baby lobster
7) DOLPHINS!!!!

The baby lobster is so cute and adorable. Though I wanted to play with it. I decided not to harass it after tagging at its feelers for a short while. And oh my god! Dolphins! We saw 3 dolphins following playfully behind a fishing boat. They are such beautiful and amazingly smart creatures. I look forward to swimming with dolphins. It would be nice to sight them in during my dive, if it is possible.

I finally did my night dive this year. It was kind of interesting as we see different marine lives at night. But at some point, I did get a little uncomfortable and scared. But seeing people around me, my dive buddy next to me and many lights do kind of offered some comfort. So I just continued to fin as per normal and completed my 1hr night dive training.

I am also very proud of myself as I have gained more experience in maintaining my buoyancy. It was really cool. I love being underwater so far. I got to use a dive com this trip. And I learnt how important it is to have one. I look forward to getting my basic gear and dive com this year.

Yo peace brother! I look forward to another wonderful diving trip with my rowdy and fun diving buddies again. Peace. Woohoo!

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