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Since this was a Greek Islands dive, it was cool to see a large, undamaged amphora (a huge pot with two handles near the mouth). We saw some great nudibranchs and some small but colourful wrasse and parrotfish, and one medium-sized barracuda. Firstly, because there was much more sea-life here. All we really saw were sponges, spirograph worms, and a couple of schools of very small fish.ĭive 2: by shore on the house reef at Caldera Beach, near Akrotiri. And very little marine life, which is the main reason we love to SCUBA dive. This was just rocks to me, nothing unusual or startling. The shop owner, Paul, led this dive which is mainly to see the volcanic rock formations. Spoiler alert: we dove just the one day.ĭive 1: by boat to the Old Volcano (Palea Kameni). If Santorini surpassed our rather low expectations, diving-wise, we could add some more diving later in our trip. We chose Santorini Dive Center, but decided to start off by only booking a 2-tank dive the day after we arrived. Since we were going for 5 nights, we thought we should sample the diving in Greece, especially since we've both been longing to go diving again, after too long of a break from it. Last week we traveled to Santorini to meet up with my birth mother, Janice. There were many fossilized shells that Ivan pointed out, but the best part for me was the light piercing through the roof into the water, including one spot where it looked like the transporter beams from Star Trek. We surfaced in the sugar bowl for a good look at the stalagtites and bats. The halocline is strong here and fun to get under. The final highlight of the week was diving the Tajma Ha Cenote.
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The first dive, Palancar Bricks, was full of swim-throughs, and the second dive at the head of Delilah was a full-on, amazing drift dive, where we saw 5 nurse sharks, including 3 swimming in a beautiful winding formation.
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On our 3rd day, we took the ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel and did a 2-tank dive with Blue XT Sea Diving.
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Our night dive had a wicked current, but it was still fun after we figured out how to stay behind Ivan when he stopped to take photographs. We enjoyed revisiting some familiar sites as well as a couple of new ones. We really enjoyed diving with Natalie and Ivan last time we were here, so we arranged all our Akumal diving with them, including the Tajma Ha cenote, as Ivan has since gotten his full cave certification. We holidayed back in the Akumal area, staying again at the Grand Palladium with friends. 2 dives in Cozumel.ĭive 6 - Head of Delilah Reef (or Punta Dalila), Cozumel (Drift Dive)ĭive 8 - Las Redes (The Nets) / Morgan's Reefĭive 9 - Motorcycle Reef/Las Redes (The Nets) (Night Dive)ĭive 10 - Tajma Ha Cenote - south line (Cenote Dive)ĭive 11 - Tajma Ha Cenote - north line (Cenote Dive) We will definitely go back to the Red Sea to dive, and might even squeeze in some Egyptian culture next time.įirsts: First Red Sea dive, first compass dive.ĩ dives with Dive with Natalie and Ivan, including Night and Cenote diving. They were all very bold and stood their ground as we took a good look. And yes, we saw lots of fabulous clownfish (twobar anemonefish) in their anemones, often with babies. I loved looking up at coral heads and seeing them wreathed in a cloud of orange anthias - an iconic Red Sea image to me. We spotted many fish for the first time: cuttlefish, unicornfish (with the brow protusions), bird wrasse (that looked like mini dolphins to me), rock fish, scorpion fish, 2 new types of nudibranch, broomtail wrasse, blue-spotted rays, picasso triggerfish, titan triggerfish, sailfin tangs, pipefish, the red klunzinger's wrasse, bluegreen chromis and so many more. The only disappointment was that we couldn't do any Night Dives because Egyptian security have suspended all night diving in the area at the moment.Īlong with the colourful, healthy coral, the star of this trip was all the new (to us) and varied sea life. Here's the link to my TripAdvisor review.
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We dove with iDive at their Makadi Bay shop (they have 4) and couldn't have been happier with our choice.