Scuba Diving!

happy divers with our instructor

Marino:

Diving is great. I saw a moray eel come out of it's hole, a queen angelfish 2' long, and a sea turtle. The test was hard for me, but we ended up getting certified as open water divers!!! We had to take off our masks under water and I was good at that but it hurt a lot. I wasn't scared. I was good at floating, not touching the ground or being at the surface (hovering). I didn't like having my air turned off underwater. We did four open water dives. It was fun going off the boat backwards with our gear on. It was hard putting our gear on in the water, but I did it. I look forward to more diving because I want to see more fish!

Kim:

It was mentally hard for me to not panic underwater with some of the activities we had to do. Removing our masks, swimming without them, and having our air turned off - all at 30' under. For me it was a mental and stamina challenge. The last two days were 10 hours long!

For Marino the book learning was challenging. He did not find the underwater stuff hard at all and had no fear. You have to take a final exam and test taking is his nemesis. We sort of had to drag him through that part of it.

The whole process took 4 days, but we had a great instructor who completed his first diver training with us! We are looking forward to some amazing dives. If you want to get certified to dive, Roatan is a great place to do it. Beautiful reef and cheaper classes than many places. Yesterday we did 3 dives to complete the training and the last one was to a depth of 60 feet. We saw a moray eel freely swimming, sea turtles, unbelievable coral formations, huge fish and lots more. My favorite was the bioluminescent coral tubes that look like they glow in the dark. When Marino got stung by a jellyfish, he said it turned iridescent blue afterwards.  It is an incredible world down there. I love it.