Tag: mauritius
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DRIFT DIVING
A dramatic final dive. As I pulled myself out of the sea and onto the boat ladder, the dark threatening clouds above us opened up and water was gushing down on us, as though God had chosen that moment to pour the ocean onto my head as a baptism, I just qualified as an Advanced…
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An Emperor on the HMS Sirius
An Emperor on the HMS Sirius I wanted to go back to the HMS Sirius. Feeling that my previous wreck training dive with only 5m visibility and the onset of a narcotic induced confusion at 25m, left some of the wreck unexplored. As the winter weather still kept us inside the reef and I had…
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DIVING DEEPER
It was time to do my Deep Dive, although we had to wait for favourable weather conditions and it was low tide, with a full moon just a few days before. Le Capitaine skilfully maneuverer our boat to deeper waters as we set off to Anemone Garden where we could reach 30 metres. Weather conditions…
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UNLIKELY BUDDIES
I cannot imagine that SCUBA diving would ever stop to excite me, as each dive, even on the same location, is a completely different experience. But my 18th dive was a morning dive. I admit that upon waking at 07h00 in the morning, my first thought is not, “Hey, let’s get wet and go diving”,…
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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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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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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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