THURSDAY 5 AUGUST 2010
On the way to the dive boat we spotted 2 black tipped reef sharks which are usually in the bay next door, aptly named Shark Bay. I did two dives with Nico, a German, and Jack and as soon as we went underwater a Ramora fish kept following us, and was playing with Jack’s fins. Amongst the usual coral, nudibranch and brightly coloured fish, we also saw a Blue Spotted Stingray. It is such a pleasure to dive in a shortie wetsuit where the water temperature is 30 degrees at 18 meters!
That evening, Nico, Jack, myself and our Dive Leader who is from New Zealand went on a night dive. I was a bit nervous at first, but relaxed and enjoyed it as soon as I was in the water. Although it is dark, we all had torches so it was easier to spot each other. Different species are active at night and we saw several crabs, a lobster, about 5 blue spotted stingrays, a small stone fish (which can be dangerous) and a couple of cuttlefish. We were lucky with the weather as it was a beautiful calm night, but the previous 2 evenings it had rained very heavily. This was my longest dive ever – 69 minutes, not including the 3 minute safety stop!
Some dive schools offer reduced accommodation prices , but Big Bubble didn’t. However they let me do the dives for a reduced price of 700 baht each instead of 900, plus 200 extra for hire of the torch for the night dive. My total bill for diving was 3700 baht (about £75) for 5 dives which was extremely good value.
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