Dawn broke on Sunday as we awoke at the first dive site.
A good breakfast and a dive briefing and we got ready to hit the water.
This group was different form my previous two voyages. A lot more teens on board and most of the racks were taken up by a group on a trip organized by Blue Planet Scuba from Washington DC. They had their own instructor and dive master (trainee) with them and most were open water divers so limited to a 60 foot depth. Some were there to take the advanced or deep course in the Bahamas. So it was not a highly experienced bunch of divers, with some exceptions.
This cruise would not be a group of hard-diving, hard-drinking pirates. But, it would be fun all the same.
The first dive was a nice bunny hop on North House Reef. With a max depth of 21.2 feet, it was an easy first dive, even though the waves and swell at the surface made it a little more interesting than anticipated - especially when getting back on the boat.
The water was basically bath water, with the surface at 95 degrees and the lowest temp the whole dive at 87 degrees no wetsuit was needed, just a rash-guard and swim shorts.
Descending, I soon got to see some pretty fish:
Lots of coral and small fish abounded:
Being at such a shallow depth, I had a solid one hour dive and was back on the boat with almost 1000 psi still in the tank. I did get back on the boat without issue, being used to having waves and the ladder kicking around a bit during boarding so it was no problem.
Not a bad first dive in the Bahamas at all.
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