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  • Steve Dillon's trip Boracay 2004
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2004-08-18 - Malabunot, Boracay, Philippines

13.6m - 63 min - Dived with Jade Davis from Calypso Diving School International

For the first time in two years we got back in the water. I didn't have nearly enough weight on me and by the end it took 7kg to hold me and all that brand new equipment down. It was also the first time I took my camera diving and the lens fogged up after about 40 minutes. It was probably caused by the heat of the video display. There were tons of small damsels and corals abound. It was like swimming in dad's fish tank again.

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2004-08-19 - Camia Wreck, Boracay, Philippines

29.4m - 38 min - Dived with Madeleine Proud from Calypso Diving School International

Advanced Open Water dive #1--Wreck. I navigated us to and from the wreck, identified many hazards. At the bottom of the boat, there was an angelfish swimming upside down and toward the end of the dive we saw three puffers swimming together.

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2004-08-19 - Friday's Rock, Boracay, Philippines

17.7m - 49 min - Dived with Madeleine Proud from Calypso Diving School International

Advanced Open Water dive #2--Naturalist. This was my second time back to Friday's Rock. I identified sailor's eyeball and grape weed; barrel sponges, sea squirts, featherstars and sea cucumbers; gobies, puffers, blennies a giant trigger and my first shark. The shark was found by Jade. Joe gave me his flashlight so I could see him hiding under the coral.

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2004-08-20 - Santos Place, Boracay, Philippines

30.1m - 47 min - Dived with Madeleine Proud from Calypso Diving School International

Advanced Open Water dive #3--Deep dive. Controlled decent to about 30m and took the unfair test. I was supposed to spell hippopotomous backwards. We observed the effects of pressure on an egg and a tennis ball and made a controlled ascent at 18m/sec to our 3 minute safety stop at 5m.

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2004-08-20 - Balinghai, Boracay, Philippines

19.1m - 51 min - Dived with Madeleine Proud from Calypso Diving School International

Compass navigation out and reciprocal heading back. Performed square pattern and measured kick cycles @ 34 in 30m 1:27. Also used natural navigation practice with sea urchins and star fish.

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2004-08-20 - Friday's Rock, Boracay, Philippines

16.7m - 48 min - Dived with Madeleine Proud from Calypso Diving School International

Advanced Open Water Dive #5--Night dive. Dive light descent and communication. Navigated to the reef and made a dive light ascent where we had the star wars safety stop. There was an archaic lobster-looking crustacean clinging to the bottom of a coral and hermit crabs all over the place.

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2004-08-21 - Yapak 2, Boracay, Philippines

34.9m - 35 min - Dived with Calypso Diving School International

Negative entry blue water descent. Had problems with my right ear, ascended and cleared. Grey reef shark were in the area and we found a couple of them. Toward the end a triggerfish seemed to be playing with me and posed for a picture. On the safety stop, I played with what seemed to be harmless dime-sized jellies, but later my knuckles swelled up a bit. After several opinions and hours of research, the problem with my right ear was self-diagnosed as middle-ear barotrauma. Symptoms of squeaking when my ear cleared and hearing everything through a tin can disapated after a little more than a week.

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2004-08-21 - Blue Lagoon, Boracay, Philippines

13m - 59 min - Dived with Gabrielle Bannister from Calypso Diving School International

Took many many pictures of Joan and Mari. We found a green eel that looked like Shrek from the back and I found a fairly big white eel. Tried to feed fish, but there weren't many around.

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