More Scuba

I took off again yesterday to go diving and get my Nitrox certification (academic employment rocks). We initially went out the the Caribsea, a cargo ship torpedoed during WWII and well known as the residence of a group of sand tiger sharks, but visibility was poor, so we moved to the W.E. Hutton, also sunk by a U-boat. It was a pretty nice dive, shallower than the Caribsea, decent visibility, 30+ feet. Among other things we saw a couple of 6-foot sandbar sharks, one of which surprised me (and I him) when neither of us saw the other until we were just about in touching distance. They were very cool, though. Very active, fast-swimming sharks, unlike sand tigers, which just sort of hang out.

For our second dive we went back to the Indra. Visibility was good, 40 feet maybe. Much better than Friday, and we penetrated a very small distance into the wreck, swimming down through some large portholes into the lower deck.

I ordered a bunch of dive gear and it arrived today (actually early from UPS -- will wonders never cease??) I need to schedule another dive to check it out. I still need to buy a dive computer and a wet suit.