Saudi Arabia
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Nº1
Date: 2012-05-24 - 10:00
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Max Depth: 10m Duration: 19mins
Dive Location
- Dive type : Training, Wreck
- Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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- Weights: 20 kg
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Dive with Nawaf
Dive buddies:
James Smith
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First Open Water Dive - started with a quick dawn walk around the Paradise Beach compound where we are staying. Arrived last night from Riyadh after midnight. A quick check of the gear then loaded into the car and off for a nourishing breakfast at Dunkin Donuts - oh well, at least lots of carbs for the day.
Next off to the dive shop to meet up with the rest of the divers and hire our BCDs and tanks. Two boats going out today - ours just about at max capacity with about 25 pax plus crew.
Two hours out from Jeddah we arrived at Marble Wreck for the first dive of the day. It gets it's name from the ship that sank here carrying a load of toilets, tiles and other bathroom items.
Quite a big swell so glad I took the pills before we started. A couple of others didn't and they are sure paying the price now.
Gotta be very careful getting back on to the ladder at the back of the boat in such a big swell - the ladder can swing back up at high speed and give you a nasty crack on the legs or worse.