So we went diving on Sunday.
We had no idea how many divers would pitch when we arrived at our shop at 6h30.
One car was already waiting there. So, great, we have at least two divers.
Then another guy arrived who was originally supposed to be two. But hey, it is Corona times and we have to be grateful for what we get.
Three then .
Just as we get ready to move to the harbour another diver arrives. It was the guy who was supposed to dive Sunday but we did’t hear from him anymore.
Happy to see him !!!
I had loaded one cylinder each when one of the guys said, take two each.
I looked at him and smiled. Sure. In seconds i loaded another cylinder each. He told me, he will convince his wife once we are out there.
In the harbour was yet another diver waiting for us.
Man, that would have been five…
When i told him, we might do two dives if the one guy could convince his wife, he also wanted to warn his wife about coming home later.
I told him not to phone because it is always the same when guys ask their wives if they can dive or not !!!
It is better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission, serious !!!
Needless to say, he had to go home…
He is still young and has to learn a lot.
We then launched into a flat sea under a cloudless sky.
It was a perfect summer’s day.
We all burned our faces…
First dive was on the Southern Pinnacle of Protea Banks.
The vis was around 7m. Not good at all.
We saw 2 h
Hammerheads and one Zambezi.
I thought this was it for the day but Spike suggested we go to the Northern Pinnacle of Protea Banks and see what the water looks like there.
Indeed it was looking nice and blue.
So we decided to dive the Caves of Protea Banks.
It turned out, only the first five meters were clean, the rest was just as murky as on the first dive.
But the Caves is always a really nice dive no matter what vis we have there.
We had 15+ Raggies in the First Cave and loved it.
In the end all were happy. Spike earned his fee for two dives and i also had a couple of bucks left by the time i got home.