Woken for the 2nd day running by the 'beep, beep' of the alarm clock. Same routine as yesterday but this time Christine made it for breakfast. She wasn't going to dive but wanted to eat!
It was windy and today's dive site was Canyon. Tricky to get to because it is on the west side of the island near Kilometre Zero, where Indonesia begins. The problem is the swell, which rolls in all the way from India. With wind and waves, who knows what to expect!
The equipment was loaded and we were off. Once outside the shelter of the island the wind and waves increased. As we passed the point the waves were huge but we avoided the worst by staying a little further offshore. Eventually we made it through and although rough on the west coast it was diveable.
We expected strong currents and any waves to separate us on the surface and on 1-2-3, all rolled off the boat together and headed straight down. Once beneath the surface the waves and current were no more. The dive site was wonderful with an interesting terrain of tall pinnacles and swim throughs. Fish were everywhere and beautifully coloured. There were a few big fish 30m down but no big sharks!
We all clambered back into the boat in a rather disorganised fashion due to the surface conditions. It was no place to hang around so the boat left straight away. We discussed how beautiful the dive site had been once again over tea before Christine arrived for lunch. It is strange how she seems to appear when food is mentioned!
A huge lunch was served by a small restaurant next door to the dive shop which was delicious. We walked back to our bungalow, sat for a while in the restaurant area before getting wet snorkelling.
We saw a huge flathead fish and he was not a handsome chap. He was sitting on top of a big rock looking up at us. Also, a scorpion fish and stingray. All of the above are armed with spines or spikes to defend themselves, so we didn't get too close.
Dinner was at Mama Mia's with the 'new Australians' and a lady from Finland. Chicken curry and chicken rendang. Yummy!
It was windy and today's dive site was Canyon. Tricky to get to because it is on the west side of the island near Kilometre Zero, where Indonesia begins. The problem is the swell, which rolls in all the way from India. With wind and waves, who knows what to expect!
The equipment was loaded and we were off. Once outside the shelter of the island the wind and waves increased. As we passed the point the waves were huge but we avoided the worst by staying a little further offshore. Eventually we made it through and although rough on the west coast it was diveable.
We expected strong currents and any waves to separate us on the surface and on 1-2-3, all rolled off the boat together and headed straight down. Once beneath the surface the waves and current were no more. The dive site was wonderful with an interesting terrain of tall pinnacles and swim throughs. Fish were everywhere and beautifully coloured. There were a few big fish 30m down but no big sharks!
We all clambered back into the boat in a rather disorganised fashion due to the surface conditions. It was no place to hang around so the boat left straight away. We discussed how beautiful the dive site had been once again over tea before Christine arrived for lunch. It is strange how she seems to appear when food is mentioned!
A huge lunch was served by a small restaurant next door to the dive shop which was delicious. We walked back to our bungalow, sat for a while in the restaurant area before getting wet snorkelling.
We saw a huge flathead fish and he was not a handsome chap. He was sitting on top of a big rock looking up at us. Also, a scorpion fish and stingray. All of the above are armed with spines or spikes to defend themselves, so we didn't get too close.
Dinner was at Mama Mia's with the 'new Australians' and a lady from Finland. Chicken curry and chicken rendang. Yummy!
