This dive was an example of the best laid plans going awry...until your divemaster improvises and comes up with something better than the original plan.
Said plan was to dive the site Cars -- a collection of abandoned clunkers intentionally sunk and covered in years of coral growth. But dive leader Ramcel Eloy (pictured a few posts ago) noticed another dive boat approaching the site just as we were, loaded with new divers, likely to be inexperienced at mastering buoyancy and therefore might kick up a lot of sand. So Ramcel planned for us to hang out in the sand channels, searching first for macrolife, such as flamboyant cuttlefish, leaf scorpionfish and if we were lucky, seahorses.
As we continued on our path through the sand, we indeed saw several treasured small creatures, but we noticed we weren't going anywhere toward the cars, which were at 80 feet. It was only later that Ramcel told us he ditched the plan, because there were just too many other divers at the site. That suited our dive group just fine, as we were content to have a sand patch -- and a collection of intriguing macrolife all to ourselves. Again, dive buddy Jim Elliott, head of the nonprofit organization Diveheart, expertly captured all the action. As soon as I'm able, I'll update the info for this site.
Maximum Depth: 75 feet
Total Bottom Time: 50 minutes
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