Mike T.
Australia
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Nº228
Date: 2024-12-26 - 12:25
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Max Depth: 13.7m Duration: 63mins
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- Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 29°C
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- Weights: 5.4 kg
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- Average depth: 5.8m
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Jill 130. I used 12 lbs and was fine. Jill has 16, but probably needed 14. Mediocre first dive. 2 new divers ran out of air very quickly and stirred up tons of sand. They left with Curtis the dive master and Jill, Joras, and I started down with Janette for a nice long dive. Jill's weight was unbalanced and she nearly had a panic attack, but I was able to rebalance her and then it went fine. Vis was not great.
Boat was mediocre sailboat, no cup holders so lots of drink spills. Only had 4lb weights. I thought we would have AC and our own bathroom, but we had neither. Double bunk was not big enough for me. But crew was nice and I appreciated how relaxed they were with no big rush to get ready. Only 12 people and 3 crew and only 5 certified divers. Also the water pipe broke overnight so we had very little fresh water day 2. Entry and exit were difficult with high platform and not enough hand rails.
Was 3 hour ride to first dive site. 1 American family, 1 couple from Noway, 2 guys from Switzerland who were maybe a gay couple. The one of them was Syrian so talked to him briefly about the situation there. The other certified diver was Joras (or Juras?) who is from Lithuania and is CEO of sizable Eastern European sporting goods stores. Competitor to a chain called XL that the Norwegians knew of. He used to be a concert promoter and booked Metallica in Lithuania. Nice people.