Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Leisure Dive Aug 1-3

The 2nd trip to complete my Open Water certificate, this time to Pulau Dayang (another hour longer via boat). Woh, the boat was rocking like mad due to the choppy water. Couldn't sleep at all & we arrived on the island around 6.30am. Only caught a wink before the first dive at 10am.

Dive #1 - Lang Bay
Max Depth: 15 meters Total time in water: 48 min
Clear water and very beautiful corals and fish. This time, my ears didn't hurt that much..

Dive #2 - Lang Bay
Max Depth: 16 meters Total time in water: 56 min
This time we got to see more corals, lion fish, many small colourful fish and a turtle!

Dive #3 - Dayang Jetty
Max Depth: 12 meters Total time in water: 51 min
More sea cucumbers, coral colonies, cuttlefish etc. Oh, we happen to see triggerfish! They bite, we gotta be careful not to dive too near them..

Dive #4 - Rayner's Rock
Max Depth: 18 meters Total time in water: 45 min
Some clown fish, sea cucumbers and a huge school of fish hovering in the center; the sight was exhilaterating :p

Dive #5 - Lang Bay
Max Depth: 20 meters Total time in water: 45 min
Lion fish, a small sting ray, a blue starfish, cuttlefish, sea cucumbers and bumphead fish.. They look ugly :p

The overall experience was much better this time except that I still have nosebleeds. Perhaps I equalised too hard, exerting too much pressure on my nose? haha.. I love the crystal clear waters and white sand ;)

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