Diving Pictures

Here are some pictures of us diving!

Diving with new friends. 

Alles is goed! (Dutch: Everything is good)

Daddy writing on the tablet

Night Diving

Although we're not really supposed to go night diving without a permit, we decided that it would be safe to do a dive just in the 'backyard' of Belmare. The first dive was very hectic because I dropped the underwater camera and we had to spend 20+ minutes looking for it. Thank god that we found it!

Jumping in with gear on

In the water

Off we go!

The second time we did a night dive, Daddy went separately with Ashlynn and I. Daddy and I went down to 50 feet and were stalked by 4 tarpons! Tarpons are massive fish almost as big as Ashlynn that come out at night and hunt using diver's lights. It was really cool!

Easter Rock Hunt

On the day after Easter, Belmare Resort held an Easter Rock Hunt for divers and snorkelers. Hidden in the home reef were 7 orange rocks and one silver rock (the grand prize!)

Ashlynn found her rock first and then just a few minutes later I found mine. Daddy found his next to some seaweedy stuff. In total, it took us only 9 minutes to find all three. 

Ashlynn won a fish identifying card, I won a noise maker (to get people's attention while diving) and Daddy won a dry pack (to keep money/room cards/ID/other stuff dry while diving). 

Ashlynn and me with our eggs

Fish!

 Here are some photos of the some fish that we saw while under water.....

Cowfish! So cute!

French angelfish 

Parrotfish

OWSD! (Open water scuba diving)

After getting some good sleep and a lesson about the Bonaire waters, we got our equipment and learned how to do a buddy check. Our teacher was a Dutch man who had moved to Bonaire 3 years ago. His name was Job (pronounced Joep), and he was really fun. 

Our very first dive was amazing! We saw two turtles and an eel!

Doing a buddy check

First time in the water!!

In the Water

Here's pictures of us in the pool....

Adelina and me!

Making sure we know what we're doing before we go under...

Scuba!!

The last and most important part of the party was the scuba diving. We went to the same place that Ashlynn and I went and we got a 15 minute lesson before a 45 minute dive. 

Outside the tank before...

It took awhile to get the right size fins for everyone. I never knew my friends had such small feet!

Lizzy getting ready to get in...

Looking out of the porthole

Usually we're on the outside looking in, but now we were on the outside, looking out at the people in the shop entrance. 

More Scuba

Our instructor was an awesome man called Peter. 

Here's some more photos

In the water

Our first descent! Dis-inflate that BC!

Scuba Diving Lesson #1

Over the Christmas break Ashlynn and I took Scuba Diving Lessons! At home we had to do a lot of studying, but on the last day of school before the holidays we finally got to have a dip in the pool!

Here are some photos from our first lesson....

Getting ready...

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