Cozumel Day 3!

Thurs Dec 5, 2013
There were only Greg and I for the morning dives today.  We went up to the North end of the island (Punta Norte) to see eagle rays.  The dive site was San Juan.  The current was VERY strong and we had a tight window to get down and between some corals so we could watch for the rays.  I had an excellent decent but around 60 feet, I sucked in water (instead of air....) and panicked.  I couldn't remember what to do.  I had to ascend to the surface until the panick attack passed.  Greg was very patient with me, but unfortunately due to the strong currents, we drifted off course and missed the chance to see any rays.  Once at depth, there was really no time to look for or at anything because we were moving too swiftly by.  You just had to go with the flow.  We did manage to see a turtle, a sand-ray, a lobster and a shrimp.  I haven't figured out how to download a slide show on the post so here is a link for our pictures.
Las Palmas Reef and Night Dive on Paradise Reef    On the picture page, click on the "v" (downward arrow) next to labels on the right of the screen ("tag people", "share", "organize", "add photos").  Click on "slideshow" then on "play" at the bottom of the 1st picture and it will show all pictures from today in a slideshow format.

Our 2nd dive of the day was at Las Palmas Reef. The pictures in the above "link" are from this dive site and from the night dive at Paradise Reef.  We had a great time on the night dive.  Again it was only me and Greg with 2 dive masters.  Saw lots of crabs, a couple of snakes, sea cucumber, some octopus.  I felt very relaxed on this dive.
The dive ended about 7pm so we had the dive crew drop us off in town and we walked to a restaurant and had Mexican pizza, greek salad, and margaritas for dinner.  The pizza consisted of black bean sauce, cheese, jalapenos, and chorizo (spanish sausage).