This morning we had 3 new AOW course students doing their navigation dive. For this we gave them each a compass and explained the theory behind underwater navigation; both with a compass and using natural navigation. We then practiced reciprocal compass bearings on land and how to navigate a square.
After entering the water we explained that we would go to a suitable location underwater and ask each student to navigate a reciprocal bearing and then a square. I went with each of them to ensure that they had the correct compass bearing and that the current didn't move them off course. They all did very well!
In the afternoon I went on 2 boat dives, the first dive site was Dhonfan Reef which was a wall dive. It was a very interesting dive; we saw 2 turtles, trumpet fish, moray eels and tuna. However when we surfaced the conditions were pretty rough and there was a strong current so I let the guests up onto the boat first and then the boat came back to pick me and one of the captains (who had jumped in to help)!
The second dive was Kakani which was a pinacle dive, however the current was very strong so we went with it for most of the dive. The maximum depth was 26m and we saw a barracuda!
Due to the Cyclone in India the conditions here haven't been as good as we would usually expect, the viz has been affected as well as the currents and surface conditions.
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