Today was the day when Gill.I.am was finally doing the deep dives of her PADI Deep Speciality with Aqaba's Anchor in Jordan. We were going to be doing two dives to 40m today. The first at the Power Station and the second down a deep canyon near the wreck of the Cedar Pride.
As the Power Station was to be Gill's first dive down to 40m I never took the camera even though this would be our best chance of seeing a shark. The site reminded me a lot of Dogfish Reef / Furnace Quarry back home for a number of reasons including:
- Steep slope straight down
- Popular with fishermen
- Lots of discarded fishing line and litter on the reef
It was comforting to know that we all face the same problems.
The dive went well without being too eventful. We saw stonefish, mantis shrimp and morays but no sharks or turtles.
We went to the second site where they were also running a rescue course. I got to be the panicked diver and got to shout for help theatrically in both English & Arabic. I was told my performance was excellent. The guy passed.
Our second dive took us down a deep canyon and as we hit 40m we finally struck gold for the day. A whopping 1.4m green turtle. I got excited, started taking pictures and gunned through my air at depth. Fortunately, Abood the DM was carrying a spare cylinder so I borrowed that for 50 bar and a few minutes of deco. :)
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| Abood enjoys a fresh beverage |
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| Turtle |
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| Turtle |
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| Cedar Pride |
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| Starry Puffer |
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| Gill and Diver |
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