Schedule was to make two day dives and a night dive. During the first dive Daniel finished his PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty, well done for that. This means no excuses anymore for not finding the way back to the boat;-)
Raoul had a nice relaxed dive on Hin Rap which is one of the local sites here at Koh Chang. Visibility wasn't too bad and we did see some interesting stuff down there. One of the following days, I will give you some more details about the local dive sites together with some pics.
On the second location, we send our Dive Master Trainees out to make a map of the site, but due to bad visibility they will have to come back to this site and redo their drawing. Instead we had them redo their rescue skills and some CPR.
As most of the time we safe best things for last!!
We did a night dive and we brought some special kit with us to look for fluorescent corals. Scientists have found that corals with fluorescent properties can handle the effects of coral bleaching caused by warmer waters better than other corals. This gives fluorescent corals an edge in protecting the symbiotic algae they host.
Despite the bad visibility we did find fluorescent corals down there. It is an amazing site and more exploratory dives will follow!!! I love night diving, but this takes it to a whole new level.....
Hi there! Nice to have seen the fluorescent coral! I hope to be back sometime to see it again with better visibility. We are back in Holland and it's freezing.... Thanks! Raoul
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