This is one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in my life…so far. ^^ Last sunday, I went scuba diving with a couple of CS friends near Talikod Island. It was my first time to go scuba diving and was nervous at first but that sure didn’t stop me. We were joined by several divemasters and seeing them in their wetsuits just made me even more anxious to go on my first dive. Since all of us are noob scuba divers, each one of us were accompanied by a PADI certified divemaster to guide us underwater. First stop was at Angel’s Cove, our first dive site. Didn’t know that such a beautiful place existed around here after living in Davao all this time. LOL.
Angel’s Cove
Me and my gf went first so off we go into our respective wetsuits. The wetsuit felt uncomfortable at first since it was sorta tight but the divemasters said that it’ll feel better once we’re in the water. Also the equipment was really heavy which included the oxygen tank, belt weights and the vest. It was then that I learned that the vest that the divers are wearing are the ones responsible to keep them afloat in deep sea. And by pressing a button on a device attached to the vest, it keeps the diver underwater and if you want to go lower you just have to press a couple more. All this time I thought they were really swimming. hahah. I didn’t know there was something to keep them above and below the water. XD So off we went into the deep blue sea and that was our first diving experience.
Saw Nemo and his dad. ^^
Saw a whole lot of other things down there…new and old, mostly new. Went about 30 feet below the surface and was quite amazed at the many many things I saw down there. I was in awe the entire time. My jaw was probably hanging from my mouth the entire time if I didn’t need to use the regulator to breath air from. LOL. At first it felt kinda awkward to breath normally underwater and always keeping in check for equalization every time you go deeper but after a while I got used to it. The divemaster that accompanied me even said that I was a natural. Hahah. We went back up after about 20-30mins more or less. Afterwards we had lunch at Babu Santa which is a lovely and beautiful beach.
At the beach in Babu Santa
After lunch and a little exchanging of gifts, we headed off to our second dive site, Coral Garden. This time it was the rest of the gang to dive. While they were down there some of us went deep sea swimming. Really enjoyed that since I haven’t had the chance to swim around in deep waters for a long time. Would definitely love to dive around Coral Garden next time since they said it was beautiful down there. After the rest of us were finished diving we headed back home, exchanged pictures and called it a day. T’was a tiring yet very very fun day. Even when we were headed home we still couldn’t get over the fun we had that day. The experience was just that amazing. I will definitely try and go scuba diving next time if given the chance. Maybe I’ll enroll and become a certified diver next time. Maybe if I had the money I will…hahah!
You can see more pics of our underwater adventure over at my flickr photostream.
