So there we were...
In the dark...
Michael and I were both nervous and as part of the dive we needed to practice some underwater navigation. We start out on the dock going over the equipment (i.e. your underwater flashlight and compass) and then we practice a little out of water navigation. At this point the dive instructor tells us you're going to go underwater and do about 20 kicks out and back on a heading
:::Michael some how tunes out this point::: while one person holds the compass and the other hold a flash light to light the way.
Flash forward to on boat jumping into dark water in the ocean.
NOTE:
don't leave your lights on while on the surface the attract jelly fish ::oh boy oh boy:: Now we drop down to about 25ft and we start our little navigation practice. Michael goes first, he's
kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking and not seeming to slow down anytime soon as the instructor gets farther and farther away and it's getting darker and darker. I suddenly realize Michael might not have the same game plan so I stop him and get him to turn around. We then kick back and are relieved to find the instructor. (Later I find out Michael though we needed to go twice as far). But after that was all done we went on doing a cool night dive.
We saw a puffer fish, sting rays, lot o' sea cucumber, moray eel and lots of other cool stuff. It was great although nerve racking at first.