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OW Cert Dives, Day 2
Elonna - 8/12/2009 12:28 PM
Well, I am officially certified, woohoo! Who wants to go diving with me?? Second day was good. I finished my skills with no major issues. We did 6 dives total between the two days and once I got past being nervous, everything was great. Saw a lot of sheepshead and grouper. And we found the octopus on my last dive. Mark (my instructor) had been looking for her but she had moved on him. That was really exciting. She was up under a rock so only got to see about half of her, but awesome just the sam...
OW Cert Dives, Day 1
Elonna - 8/11/2009 12:26 PM
Made it through my first day doing three dives yesterday. We got quite a few of the skills out of the way, but will be finishing up today. I’m not sure I’m going to be into the shore diving that much. It’s a lot more physical labor than boat diving. I was exhausted with the four trips back and forth to the car just carrying gear and tanks to beach. Makes it less fun if you’re already tired and frustrated before you even get into the water lol. Visibility wasn’t great, but I did get to see quite ...