I'm told that it's very rare to see Seahorses, so I am feeling quite blessed today. My first dive was pretty sweet, about 30 minutes, max depth of 40ft. It was amazing. My instructor Irving must have thought I was a bit loco, because I was flying like superman and doing rolls and twists and even throwing some flips in for good measure.
It's something that pictures don't do justice, being 40 feet down on a sheer wall so completely vibrant with life. To look up and see that, just, wow.
Seeing other divers is pretty freaking cool too. It all looks so different, in an amazing way.
On the first dive it was mostly brightly colored tropical fish, none of which I can identify by name, as I don't yet know them or the other living things waving in the current.
We got to see a several foot long Morey Eel stick its head out of its lair and warn us off opening and closing its big ol mouth, kind of like snakes do. Pretty sweet.
The rest of the fish were unafraid and for the most part, totally unfazed.
Seahorse (Google images)
On the second dive Irving saw the Seahorse and pointed it out. I remembered the owner of Bocas Water Sports telling me he'd gone 1,000 dives before seeing one, so we stopped for a couple minutes and I got my face as close to it as possible just to watch it move gently in the current. Simply beautiful.
Later on our way back to the boat Irving got my attention and pointed ahead, where a 6' Barracuda was silently patrolling by. Yikes! Luckily it was looking elsewhere for dinner.
Barracuda (Google images – if you're wondering, I'm just enjoying life without having to photograph absolutely every moment, for a while – it's doubtful they'd be as good as these anyway)
2 dives and an overwhelming amount of, well, living stuff. Diving is seriously the coolest feeling. There's no adrenaline (that's a bad thing coz you'll use too much air!) like the other Face Level sports, no competition like ball-sports, it's just, it's the most serene, peaceful, "I am truly alive and creation is blowing my mind" feeling I've ever experienced I think.
But that might just be me, coz I'm a water baby.