On Saturday, 21 May, Ralph and I took our 1st plunge into the water in Cyprus while taking our 1st dive in the Med. Spoilt divers, we have been called more than once: Fiji, Maui, Channel Islands, Dominican Republic.... but we were really looking forward to getting under the water again!
We drove to Agia Napa, and went with Mike, who works with Ralph at AE. He's a very experienced dive master (over 4,000 dives!) and this was intentionally an easy 'familiarization' --to get to know each other and what to expect in Cyprus. We were down for 41 minutes and only to 9.2 meters.
Learned that there are NO coral reefs in the Med, anywhere: the temperature changes too much to sustain the needed environment to encourage coral growth. We saw nice sea grass beds, which have it's own little eco system around it and learned that these dives are great for those who like detail dives. I spotted an orange starfish small enough to entirely fit in the palm of my hand. Also saw: Turkish Wrasse (TONS!), Trumpet Fish, Bream, Double Banded Bream, Saddled Bream, Damsel Fish and a Fireworm --DON'T TOUCH!!
It was a good intro dive to the area and then we were told that we were at just about the worst on the island, so it's all up from here! Ralph wants to do the Zenobia Wreck before we go, I have a feeling he wants to do it more than once. I need to get Advanced Cert before I can do it because it's at 18-41 meters. Also have the hots to go to Sharm sometime soon... now that would be supercool!
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