Dive day number five. Run in the pouring rain beforehand, which lightened up eventually, and turned to sun by the end of the second dive. Three fun dives all around 18 meters. Had fun chatting about development, aid, and skiing Vail with a UN relief worker named Becca who’s currently staged in the oil-rich Abyei region of Sudan (although possibly not much longer). She counts cattle, people and guns. Lightly burned both of my arms on the boat back to Semporna.
Dive #1: Black Corral Garden
Max depth: 18 meters
Bottom time: 44 minutes
Notes: fun dive; saw turtles, a ringed pipefish, scorpionfish, nudibranches, anemone fish, batfish, and a giant clam.
Dive #2: Aquarium
Max depth: 19 meters
Bottom time: 43 minutes
Notes: fun dive; saw one octopus, zebra morey, and coral shrimp.
Dive #3: Coral Garden
Max depth: 19 meters
Bottom time: 41 minutes
Notes: fun dive; saw turtles, batfish, blue spotted sting ray, and a peppermint sea star.