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BEACHED – THE BEST WAY!
Finding the perfect spot. For weeks I wanted to get to the beach of Pointe d’Esny. With only two public entries and being dependant on the bus for transport, I was a little concerned about walking distances between these entries and the bus stop as well as the condition of the beach. Would my mobility…
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WORLD OCEAN DAY
Where it matters most. Restoring coral is not only a hot topic internationally, but also what brought me to this bay with its water in so many shades of blue. The healthy ecosystems that can still be viewed on some of these reefs and my exposure to the miracles of creation, in the tiniest forms…
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BEACHED
Diving is supposed to be fun ! I have been out of the water for nine days now and I will not be diving tomorrow. Being on a diving trip and not diving sounds and feels wrong in so many ways! I did three dives shortly after arriving. After the last two relatively easy dives,…
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NOT A REPETITIVE DIVE
TROU MOUTOU MAHEBOURG, MAURITIUS NOT A REPETITIVE DIVE The very next day I was diving on Trou Moutou again. The weather, sea conditions as well as the experience levels of the other divers in the group took us there. I was back diving with the old team. The familiarity of it felt comforting as it…
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PERFECT CONDITIONS
In my quest to become a more self-reliant diver, I booked a dive with another dive centre. The centre, in a 5 star resort, offered excellent services. My dive guide, dived with severely mobility challenged divers before, so I felt at ease and excited to try a back-roll entry from a fixed hull boat compared…
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CALL OFF THE DIVE
Respect your limits In Scuba, before entering the water, it is in the interest of dive safety, that you be honest with yourself when evaluating your capacity to do a dive. Not only does your training, the dive conditions and your equipment feature in your capability to dive, but so does your physical and mental…
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THE BACK-ROLL ENTRY
The thing with a scuba back-roll entry is that you have the ocean behind you and after checking that the surface is clear of obstacles you roll backwards into it. You know your underwater experience awaits, but you have only seen the surface and do not know exactly what you will find underneath it. That…
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THE GIANT STRIDE part 2
All my small steps got me onto a coral reef. For you to understand the rebirth I experienced, I have to take you there. We were ready to start my first training dive for the Open Water course and my diving instructor was waiting for me in the water to take my giant stride off…
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THE GIANT STRIDE
I recently reached a personal goal and started diving after completing a SSI Open Water Scuba Course. Once you reach a goal you can not stop there. You have to set the next one, more so when you proclaim on a motivational facebook page that life goes on, small steps will get you there and…
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