Dive 1, 7.22am
Really good dive, used up pretty much all of my air meaning I broke the QLD regulations! You have to hit the surface with 50 bar left in your tank. I had 25.

Had a cool dive, really beginning to enjoy myself, just wish we could stop with the mask flooding/clearing skills training. Saw lots of cool stuff but the other group of OWD actually saw a shark just resting on the bottom. Jealous. We are going to move site again soon, somewhere close to sightings of a whale shark a couple of days ago. Now that would be something.

Dive 2, 11am
Again a good dive and again I used up my air really quickly but we are now certified divers and the last of the OWD skills have been completed. They were navigation by compass both on the surface and under water, hovering and mask removal. I hate mask removal but at least I can do it if needed. I didn’t ID any new fish but there were loads including some sort of clam about a metre long, several angel fish and loads more. Next up we get a fun dive. Yay.

Dive 3, 3pm
First fun dive with buddy. It was cool. We had to navigate ourselves and kinda got a bit lost, we turned right but should have turned left after swimming through ‘the gates’. This detour used both of our air quicker than it should have and it tired me out. I’m really starting to feel how dive fit you need to be. My ankles, thighs and stomach are beginning to to ache. But it’s all good. We have a night dive left to do and then 3 dives tomorrow..

Dive 4, 7.30pm
Night dive done and dusted and I have to say it was probably one of the best dives so far. Apart from the fact it was dark save for a hand torch, we came up to the 3 metre safety stop to find grey reef sharks circling just under the boat. At times they were no more than a couple of metres away. Wow, I’ve swam with sharks at night. Awesome.

Fish ID’d: Elephant Trunk Fish, Lizard Fish, Giant Clam, Green Turtle, Moorish Idol, grey Reef Shark