My wife and I were eating sushi in our local Sushi Restaurant when my wife asked the two men setting next to us if they were (scuba) divers. This was the start of a 30 minute conversation between the four of us. One was wearing a coat with a Scuba shop info on its back and the younger man had a Cosmeul Mexico T-shirt and cap.
The conversation started with diving memorys of a trip we took to Cosmusel and and Grand Cayman several years ago. My wife is facinated with finding out what the different things and fish we see are. We have lots of books on the shelf identifying everything you can think of.
After a few minutes the conversation turned to Hawaii where we now enjoy snorkeling. As it always happens when divers get together they talk about the different things they see and their experiences. My wife excitedly talked about the "little white lacy fish" she found and we finally identified as a White Scorpion Fish. We also found a "lizard fish" that was so camafouged that it never moved. It was so confident that it blended into its surrounding that it felt totally safe even when I put my camera right up to its face.
Soon, the conversation turned to the upcoming trip to the two men were going to lead to Cosumel with a group of beginning divers and a group of instructors. The two men were advanced divers and PADI Instructors. The teenage students were to do their "open Water" test in the warm waters of Cosmusel. What a way to start your scuba diving experience. After they passed the open water test they were going to experience 3-4 dives per day for a whole week, diving all the wonderful sits near Cosumel.
In between the dives the students will experience talks on the environment, the effects of global warming on the coral reefs, and in depth talks on where they were diving and what they would see. What a great way to introduce teenage students to the environment we live in and the need to care for it.
The younger man was also going to be the videographer for the trip and put together a video for everyone to have to remember the trip.
Of course, I asked the same question that many others have asked, "Do you need someone to go along and carry tanks and weight belts around?" They laughed and said that they they have had many others ask the same thing,
Wow, what a way to learn how to scuba dive!
Our conversation ended after a brief discussion about identifying something my wife saw in Hawaii. Now to find a pic of it and send to the older man who is friends with a specialist in identifying underwater life.
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