Puerto Rico, day 2 - scuba diving

 We had a couple certified scuba divers in our group so they suggested we book a scuba trip. A few of us decided to go for that so we were up bright and early on the way to Fajardo on the east side of the island to go scuba. The newbies had to watch an intro video about the diving techniques, signs, and equipment before we all headed out to a boat, loaded our gear and got on our way.

Our first dive was at a shallow spot of about 15-20 feet. Our instructor walked us through the procedure and the signs on the boat, we put our equipment on, and jumped into the water. He took one of us at a time down to the bottom and once everyone was there, we practiced procedures for blowing the water from our goggles while under water and replacing the regulator in our mouth. After that, we went for a quick trip at the bottom.

Once we got back into the boat, we had some snacks and fruit and headed out to another diving spot nearby. It was definitely a much more happening spot - we saw two sea turtles, a barracuda, and lots of fish and coral. At this spot, the sea floor does a quick dive, almost like a canyon, but we could not go that far down, only the certified divers could. Instead, we swam alongside the “wall” and got as far down as 55 feet and it was a pretty amazing experience.

I was always a little bit afraid of going deep under water - take me to 10,000 feet in an unpressurized airplane, and I will be fine with that, but 10 feet below the sea level - not so much. After this trip and experiencing the amazing sights “down there”, I am hooked and will be looking into scuba certification at some point this summer :)

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