MondayToday was the start of my underwater journey It was our first confined water dive at a dive shop in Bonita that let house of scuba use their pool. For the first day we were tested on our ability to swim and tread water. Also we put our heads underwater with the regulator in our mouths. TuesdaySecond and last confined water dive. Today we learned how to manage, clean, and set up my gear. We also started learning how to descend to the deeper parts of the pool. Once we were laying flat on the bottom our instructor was having us learn the basic skills we need to learn for example taking off our mask underwater and flooding it. WensdayOur dive was canceled last minute due to conditions. Thursday and FridayMy first and last two open water dives. We arrived at La jolla shore on both days and I immediately set up my gear. Once we had all our gear on we started walking from the park into the surf so we had our fins and walked sideways into the water once we past the waves we put our fins on we swam fifteen minuets out and waited at the buoy. Once we all made a five point decent we redid all the skills we did in the pool but at the bottom of the ocean floor. For our last dive we all grouped up and swam fifty feet down and go to the edge of the scrips canyon wall we saw tuna crab everywhere it was like a carpet of crab. A sea lion tried to bite me and I saw a shovel nose shark it was the best feeling be immersed with so much life ive never seen before. I can now dive anywhere in the world.
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Monday - TuesdayWent to work for eight hours both days. Wednesday-FridayWent to go help out Pike at my internship at SDSU marine coastal institution. I just checked on the YSI meter every 10 mins and swapped light filters and every hour I would swap out the algae and weigh the sample and record the data.
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