Monkeypie has found another hobby to keep her entertained and make us of her exile on a relatively warm island. This week saw my first foray into scuba diving! My first dive will be on Saturday and I cannot wait.
An obsession with underwater swimming started when I was very very young. It was the closest I could get to flying, to movement in 3D with little resistance. I'd forgotten myself, this childish nugget within my soul. This summer brought it all back, endless hours of snorkelling, boring my friends with the tales of the fish I'd seen, coming home to look them up on the internet and catalogue them and their behaviour, a determination to improve my breath under water. With flippers I found I could stay for enough time to explore the rocks at 7m depth. Always floating back up, disappointed in my landlubber's lungs and gazing longingly at the parts yet unexplored which would require a far hardier set of lungs.
I don't know how those free divers do it- down to unthinkable depths for up to 3 minutes?! Craziness.
Anyway, I'm finally investing in my little dream to be a scuba diver and so to see some fish! First open water certification, then advanced, then maybe rescue, I'll see how keen I am. Next week I'm buying my 3/4 suit and boots YAY.
So far, the fish I've seen are blue spotted cornet fish, a painted comber, various bream and perch and a really ugly flatfish, not to mention sprats and a couple of beautiful unidentified ones. I'll do some research.
