Dive!

Sam finally gets in his first dive of the year – after 6 failed attempts due to weather. The weather was perfect for the day, light breeze and low 90’s. Sam had a great time on the dive and got to see a different shipwreck this time. This boat was recently sunk as part of a program to rebuild the sea life in the area… they plan on sinking a couple of more boats by the end of the year. The only downfall to the day was that Sam did throw up getting back into the boat after his dive. Carolyn the instructor said he did it so quietly that nobody really noticed and then he went back up on deck and fell asleep. She suggested that Sam take two sea sick pills – one in the morning and then one about an hour before the trip. Hopefully that will work as we plan to get in at least one more dive this year (our original plan was 4-5 dives so he would be ready to take the next certification next year when he turns 15). Sam’s dive was only about 40 minutes long, but the trip took over 3 hours by the time they made it out to the site and everyone had a chance to dive (there were 26 people diving from Rum Runner’s that day). Mom and Dad didn’t want to waste the day, so they spent part of the 3 hours on the beach enjoying the day.

King Neptune at the Olympus Dive shop… we think he probably had a
trident is his hand at some point.

Sam prepping equipment on the boat before departure.

Carolyn took this photo and the next two photos. As you can see Sam
is wearing his Go Pro camera on his arm, but unfortunately he couldn’t
get it to work – hopefully this next dive he can get his own video.