Here it is, Sunday again.

We started out this morning at 6:00 with coffee and a swing in the hammock until breakfast at 7:30. French Toast and bacon is what I went with this morning. Delicious as usual.

Went over to the dive shop to get ready for the orientation dive for the new guests. Went upstairs of the clubhouse for the briefing, and met the divers in the locker area for gear up. Gringo, Davidson and I were the divemasters for our group. We took them to the platform to check weight, and headed out to the safey stop buoy. There we did a skills check and gave the group a tour of the front yard. When we got over to the wreck of the Prince Albert, the visibility was about 5'! I have never seen it so bad. Usually it is at least 50'.  Later we found out why.....there was a dive boat moored on top of the PA just 15 min before we got there.  They obviously had some poor divers to stir it up that bad.

We led our group up and over the wreck and followed the chain over to Newman's Wall. We showed them the buoy with the compass direction on it to return to the wreck. We then turned and swam past the stern of the wreck, and made our way over to Cocoview Wall. From there we did a pressure check and found everyone in good shape. We slowly made our way along the wall to the safety stop buoy and did a 3 min stop. We then proceeded back up the chain to the platform. In all, a 45 min dive.

We got our gear cleaned and stowed just in time for lunch. We had stewed beef over rice, baked plantains, and chocolate chip cookies.

We met Alejandra at 1:30 and was told that today was the day for the 800 meter snorkel swim. Oh great, just what I was looking forward to..... We got our masks, fins, and snorkels and headed out to the cay.

We had to swim back and forth from the seawall to the green channel buoy eight times. I started out at a medium pace. One lap, two laps,.......this isn't going bad at all. When I turned at lap seven, I was feeling great. I kicked it up a few gears and finished great. I wish I had a better idea of how much it was going to take from me, as I could have swam faster and left nothing on the table. As it was, I swam it in 15:20 and earned 3 points for the swim. Much better that I thought I could do. Thanks to the elliptical I trained on for a month before my trip. Also, did I mention, that I lapped the 20YO who is also taking this class? Not too bad!

After the swim I was tasked with teaching two new studenst how to assemble and disassemble their BCD's and regulators. Davidson and I slowly talked them through it the first time and then had them do it a few more times. They were catching on at the end. I suggested that after dinner, they run through again. They seem like they will get the hang of it soon.

 At 4:30 we called it a day and headed for a much needed cerveza. Two would be more accurate...

 Dinner was roasted pork and rice and gravy. It was topped off with chocolate cake!

I spent 30 min with Deb, one of the managers, looking for some of the more unusual critters along the walkway. Baby barracuda, lobsters, octopus, shrimp, and crabs were plentiful on our walk. I went up on the deck and chatted with Alejandra and her boyfriend until blog time came. So here it is.

Tomorrow is open water classes for the new students. Maybe in the afternoon, Greg and I can get some time to work on our map of the front yard. Maybe......