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Boca Ciega, dive 52

Dive: 52
Belize Dive: 10
Date: 12/1/10
Site: Boca Ciega
Avg/Max Depth: 57/95
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:55/42:19
Buddies: Ted, Nick, Curtis, Kristen, Cindy, Ellie

Read about Curtis’s dive here!

Victoria Tunnels, dive 51

Dive: 51
Belize Dive: 9
Date: 11/30/10
Site: Victoria Tunnels
Avg/Max Depth: 45/73
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:55/41:24
Buddies: Ted, Nick, Curtis, Kristen, Cindy, Ellie

After a fairly uneventful surface interval, Rudy took us to Victoria Tunnels. The highlight of this dive was a nurse shark that came to play. I skipped out on swimming through a really awesome tunnel when Rudy caught the shark. I’m amazed how they just let themselves be manhandled. I was touching it’s sandpapery back when Rudy handed the shark to me. It was heavy enough to start sinking me. Rudy gave it a fish while I was holding it. It got all squirmy until it was able to OMNOMNOM it. Very fun experience. I’m catching my own shark next time. Gonna rub its belly . . .

Here’s a still from Curtis’s video:

Devil’s Tunnels, dive 50

Dive: 50
Belize Dive: 8
Date: 11/30/10
Site: Devil’s Tunnels
Avg/Max Depth: 56/85
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:46/40:29
Buddies: Ted, Nick, Curtis, Kristen, Cindy, Ellie

Rudy and Loidy took us and the Texans to Devil’s Tunnels, aka Christ of the Abyss. When the dive first started, everyone was busy looking under a rock or something (I later found out there was an octopus). It was a bit crowded so I hung back. While I was looking around, I spotted a POD OF DOLPHINS!!1! I was so shocked it took me a moment to come to my senses. Once I did, I started grabbing for Curtis’s camera, remembering there was a metal clip I could use to bang on my tank. Then I remembered Cindy had the camera. I tried waving my arms and making a scene, but everyone was engrossed in the octopus. I swam the longest 10 feet ever to get to Rudy to alert him. By that time the dolphins had made good time and were quite a bit farther away. I’m kind of glad I didn’t have the camera because I might have tried to chase after them!

There were lots of fish on the dive, another jellyfish, apparently the dolphins came back although I didn’t see them, and Cindy ran out of air on her safety stop. Good times, good times.

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