I am pleased to say that the resulting conditions from today’s substrate survey were not as dismal as we expected. It was truly a fantastic site. Some dives just have life everywhere and today fell into that category. The May 31st Videos link will demonstrate exactly what I mean by this. Truly spectacular! As an added bonus I got to crawl into some of the weathered limestone caves formed by the continuous wave impacts on shore as well. The dive took place on the opposite side of the island and it was refreshing to feel a cooler persuasion to the water around us. Bodes well for the coral that calls it home.

After the dive we immediately cleaned up the gear and travelled to Sairee where we met a few others we have met while on the island. They will be leaving tomorrow, which given the friendships that come with this type of common goal and love of diving gave way to drinks and dinner while watching the infamous fire throwers on he beach while enjoying good music and food. Given our festivities, I bid you adu’ earlier this evening in an effort to get some sleep for tomorrow’s schedule. I look forward to speaking more on today’s events as well as those in the coming day soon!

Please take a look at the videos for today. It is most definitely the best collection yet!