Tjello
10-20-2001, 05:44 PM
Someone comments on his Cuban-dive-experience.
September 2001, SUCI Diver of the Month! *
ZP: My most favourite dive memory has to be of the Blue Wall, in Guardalavaca, Cuba. It was our last dive, as we were flying out the following day. We donned our gear and went out to the boat. After a 20 minute boat ride, we arrived at the site. We moored the boat at the buoy, did a final check of our gear and went over the side.
We descended for 65', along the mooring line, until we reached the bottom. We started swimming and looking at the coral and fish life along the bottom. At this point I started to wonder as to WHY this was called Blue Wall instead of Flat Ground. I got my answer soon enough.
After a couple more minutes, I looked up and a little ahead. The ground just STOPPED! There was nothing ahead of me but a wall of brilliant blue. The wall was just ahead of us and I was staring off into the ocean. The sun was directly above us and shining straight down, lighting up the ocean for us. The sight of this was absolutelly stunning!
We continued the dive, after Jacquie tugged on my arm a few times, to get me back into the "real world". We went over the egde of the wall and descended to 85'. The divemaster signalled to me and pointed for me to look down. 15' below me was a fish. Not just A fish, but an 8' long fish, and about 100 kilos (220 pounds) accoring to the divemaster. All you could hear out of my regulator is a muffled HOLY S--T !!!! I guess that the fish didn't like my language, so it swam off.
http://suci.homestead.com/files/DOM/sept01.htm
September 2001, SUCI Diver of the Month! *
ZP: My most favourite dive memory has to be of the Blue Wall, in Guardalavaca, Cuba. It was our last dive, as we were flying out the following day. We donned our gear and went out to the boat. After a 20 minute boat ride, we arrived at the site. We moored the boat at the buoy, did a final check of our gear and went over the side.
We descended for 65', along the mooring line, until we reached the bottom. We started swimming and looking at the coral and fish life along the bottom. At this point I started to wonder as to WHY this was called Blue Wall instead of Flat Ground. I got my answer soon enough.
After a couple more minutes, I looked up and a little ahead. The ground just STOPPED! There was nothing ahead of me but a wall of brilliant blue. The wall was just ahead of us and I was staring off into the ocean. The sun was directly above us and shining straight down, lighting up the ocean for us. The sight of this was absolutelly stunning!
We continued the dive, after Jacquie tugged on my arm a few times, to get me back into the "real world". We went over the egde of the wall and descended to 85'. The divemaster signalled to me and pointed for me to look down. 15' below me was a fish. Not just A fish, but an 8' long fish, and about 100 kilos (220 pounds) accoring to the divemaster. All you could hear out of my regulator is a muffled HOLY S--T !!!! I guess that the fish didn't like my language, so it swam off.
http://suci.homestead.com/files/DOM/sept01.htm