I did my open water course in May 04. I was staying in the Fiesta Palladium grand resort and spa which had a dive shop in it's grounds. I decided to give it a try and signed up for the beginners course, just half a day from classroom to sea. The dive site its self was part of the mezo american reef which runs from cozumel down to honduras. the viz on my first dive was about 30m and the dive site itself (umberella reef) was absolutly spectacular. There were barrel sponges, sea fans, staghorn coral, all varieties and colours of soft coral, all at only 12m. We saw southern ray, baraccuda, trumpet fis, parrot fish, angel fish and many others. As it was my first dive it only lasted just over half an hour and I really loved every minute so I signed up for the full open water course. I did 4 more dives altogether, on Ruina Maya, Ruina Maya deep, and bahia north. The dives were all absolutly amazing and I saw all kinds of sea life including great barracuda and a loggerhead turtle who let us swim close to him for about 10 minutes. the colours were unbelievable and I just couldn't wait to do more diving. After coming ot of the warm carribbean sea, i didn't really fancy stoney cove but I know I had found something I loved doing so I decided to sell up and move to Thailand where I became an instructor. I honestly believe that if the 1st dives i did hadn't been so amazing I would not have carried on to do what I have and end up teaching people myself. Well worth the trip.
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