First open water dive. Wow.

A wobbygong shark appears out of the depths and moves silently through our group of five huddled 7.5 meters down on the reef. It ignores us almost just changing direction subtley to avoid the head of one of my fellow students.

I'm still buzzing after my first day diving in real water. We went down to 13 meters in 5 meter visibility water and drifted along the bottom carried by the current and led by our great teacher Merron. Flying, floating, weightless I've had it described by many people I've met in the past who tried to describe the feeling of diving but I don't think it is possible to describe it to the uninitiated except to say it feels like a dream and not quite real. Up and down are constructs that have meaning but can be subverted if you like. To view under a ledge, don't get down on your hands and knees as if on land but turn upside down with your head centimeters off the bottom, your feet pointing to the sky and then you will get the best view. Peek through the gap and there are dozen fish staring back at you with the obvious expression stapled on thier faces " I'm a fish! What the fuck are you? "

I can't wait to get back in the water tomorrow.

B