CALYPS3O
2008 Journal
Indiana
School for the Deaf
Indian Creek High School
Day
7, Monday, June 9, 2008
Samantha Martin (ICHS)
Today
we had, in my opinion, the best of our dives ever! The weather was
wonderful and the sea barely tossed. The first dive was a wreck dive
to the sunken ship, The Eagle. It had been broken in two pieces by
a hurricane. The Eagle is about one hundred feet down. Some of the
ship's doors, boxes, tools, and other items were still intact. It
was pretty cool. Our second dive was a very shallow one at Pleasure
Reef. Pleasure Reef is also called the Davy Crocker Reef. It was a
very slow and relaxing dive. There were many different types of fish,
coral, and plants. The visibility wasn't too splendid, but it was
quite enjoyable. Just observing everything was very fun. Once we got
back to the condos, we all just collapsed and took long naps. then,
we went to dinner. It was a barbeque at the dive center where we board
the ships to leave for scuba diving. It was delicious. Until the night
dive, I thought the Eagle was the best dive, but I changed my mind.
The best dive so far was the night dive. At first, it was a little
scary when it was so dark and confusing. My buddy, Michael, was there
with me and we had so much fun. We saw a large sting ray, a goliath
grouper, a nurse shark, two baby squids, and many other things. It
was beautiful. We went straight to bed because we were so exhausted!
:)
Jose Mast (ISD)
Today
was my best day for diving. We went to the Eagle and it was the deepest
dive so far in water about 110 feet. The shipwreck was really huge!
A hurricane had broke it into two pieces on the bottom of the water.
Many fish live in the ship. We stayed there for about 20 minutes,
then ascended the rope and did a safety stop at 15 feet. I loved that
dive because my partner and I were the first touching the bottom of
the ocean at 105 feet. The second dive was at Pleasure Reef, which
is also called the Davy Crocker Reef. It was only 35 feet deep. We
had to observe the reef very carefully because we came back to the
same place for a night dive. We saw many different fish and corals.
Later, we had dinner at the Dive Center. We had hamburgers, hot dogs,
chips, potato salad, cole slaw, Key Lime pie, and lemonade to drink.
After that, we had to get ready for our first night dive. We got the
glow sticks and tied them on the tank. The sun was not yet down when
we started the night dive, then it became slowly darker while we were
in the water. When we were on the bottom, we saw a huge Goliath grouper
under a ledge. We saw many tiny fish swimming wildly. Thirty minutes
later, the water was so dark! Colin found a nurse shark and he got
all of our attention to come and see the nurse shark. We watched the
shark while it was sleeping under a ledge. Many fish left because
there were many divers in the water. We had to go back to the boat
and saw a sting ray "flying" through the water towards the
sandy bottom. The sting ray hid under the sand, but you could see
its eyes and tail sticking up out of the sand. We stayed there for
awhile watching the stingray. We had a fun time during the night dive.
Tomorrow, we will see the dolphins and play with them! We will also
meet a deaf dolphin named Castaway!
Upside down Jose (right); blue-striped
grunts show off for the camera (left)
Pleasure Reef (right); a blue tang,
a blue-striped grunt, and colorful sponges
Amanda (right); a scorpion fish (left)
blue-striped
grunts and trumpet fish
grunts and squirrelfish (right); a
sea fan (left)
tube
sponges and a trunk fish (right); Tom (left)
a puffer fish
Janna (right) and Casey (left)
Beth Ann (right) and Samantha (left)
Michael
blue-striped grunts hiding in the corals
and sponges
Colorful rope corals, sea fans, fire
corals, Christmas tree worms, and sponges
Colin
large stingray we saw during the night
dive (left); the shipwreck of the Eagle
corals growing on the wreck of the
Eagle (right); Janna and her favorite pose (left)
tired divers taking naps between the
two morning dives and the night dive
