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Boca Ciega, Dive 69

Dive: 69
Belize Dive: 3
Date: 12/2/12
Site: Boca Ciega
Avg/Max Depth: 58/84
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:50/56:49
Buddies: Nick, Curtis, Kristen

We saw a couple eagle rays on this dive. I could watch them forever; they’re so graceful and mesmerizing.

There were some nurse sharks, but nothing like yesterday. Spiny lobsters too!

I was trying out some different camera settings for today’s dives. I’m not sure I really liked how the photos turned out. I think I need to invest in a light before the next trip.

View all of my photos from Boca Ciega below.

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Tackle Box, Dive 68

Dive: 68
Belize Dive: 2
Date: 12/1/12
Site: Tackle Box
Avg/Max Depth: 50/87
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:48/55:59
Buddies: Nick, Curtis, Kristen

The second dive of the day started off with a bang. Rudy speared a lionfish right off the bat, which attracted a pile of nurse sharks. They went into a feeding frenzy, swimming frantically and bumping into us. They were moving so fast I couldn’t get a good shot, so I started up a video. If you hear me giggling, it’s because one rammed right into my butt.

Here’s Curtis’s video of the sharks eating. You can see me getting assaulted around 0:20.

The sharks were with us for the remainder of the dive, and I took about one hundred millionty pictures of them. Was there anything else of interest to look at? Who cares! Give me a nurse shark and I’ll be a happy diver.

Oh, wait. There was this spiney thing that I got close enough to to use the flash, so you can see the colors really well. Makes me want to invest in a super big light so my pictures turn out awesome.

I spent too much time hanging out deep with the sharks, so I had to hang above the group for a while near the end of the dive. Also, no lionfish for Nick.

View all of my photos from Tackle Box below.

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Boca del Rio, Dive 67

Dive: 67
Belize Dive: 1
Date: 12/1/12
Site: Boca del Rio
Avg/Max Depth: 62/94
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:45/55:11
Buddies: Nick, Curtis, Kristen

The first dive of the trip went off without a hitch. We saw some sharks, a sea turtle, and a couple of Lizardfish, which are apparently pretty rare. I’m pretty sure they are all over the place, just well camouflaged. They remind me of those autostereograms that were popular in the ’90s, because Rudy kept trying to point them out to me, and just when I was about to give up, BOOM! There they were.



Oh yeah, we’re diving with Rudy again. It was nice because he and Martin picked us up at our dock and brought us right to the site. No unnecessary time spent filling out paper work or sitting through dive briefings. There were no other divers today, so that was nice as well. No other divers = no dumbheadedness.

I always forget how much I despise safety stops until I’m stuck doing one. Three minutes has never felt as long as when I’m suspended in 15 feet of water. I’m always fine while diving, but for some reason I struggle with my buoyancy and keeping my head above my feet while doing the stops.

Here’s Nick looking all serene. Or maybe he’s just sad because we didn’t see any lionfish.

View all of my photos from Poca del Rio below.

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Blue Angel Shallows, Dive 66

Dive: 66
Cozumel Dive: 11
Date: 12/3/11
Site: Blue Angel Shallows
Avg/Max Depth: 17/23
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 1:01/54:26
Buddies: Curtis, Kristen

This was my first night dive. It was pretty awesome. I didn’t bring my camera because I didn’t want to ride Curtis’s light the entire time, but here’s an entertaining video for you to watch instead:

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