Logbook (DAve Mathis, #0512047391):
(What we did and saw... AND where we have been, at the end of that page)
|
No |
Dive |
Dur. |
Depth |
Name |
Notes |
Function |
|
1
|
7.12.2005
OpenWater I |
37
|
9.0
|
Lighthouse West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- Turtle |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
2
|
9.12.2005
OpenWater II |
44
|
12.0
|
Mandys Irrgarden West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
|
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
3
|
10.12.2005
OpenWater III |
44
|
14.0
|
Seaquest West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- 3 Lobster |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
4
|
14.12.2005
OpenWater IV |
46
|
15.0
|
The Bite West End, Roatan Honduras |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
|
5
|
15.12.2005
Fundive (Driftdive) |
31
|
18.0
|
Capin 7 West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- Christine lost weight belt |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
6
|
18.12.2005
Advanced I (Navigation) |
43
|
18.0
|
Mandys Irrgarten West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- Porcupinefish (Rob's favorite) - green Moraine - sea cucumber - school of Blue Tang |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
7
|
19.12.2005
Advanced II (Deep Dive) |
34
|
30.0
|
Aguilla Eagle West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 18 lbs
- big grooper / parrot fish - old wreck on the ground - 2 Eagle Ray shadows |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers |
|
8
|
20.12.2005
Advanced III (Photo Adventure) |
47
|
17.0
|
Hole in the wall West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- incl camera, lots of pics - huge school of fish, we unforced in the middle of it- amazing! |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
9
|
20.12.2005
Advanced IV (AWARE Fish ID) |
43
|
15.0
|
Blue Chanel West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- Pocupine fishs - neoncoloured Queen Angel (DAve favorite!) - huge lobster in the wall - swam through a chanel - great place for diving |
Instructor 965176 Rob Raymakers (Reef Gliders) |
|
10
|
21.12.2005
Fundive |
43
|
19.0
|
Fish Den West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- school of Blue Tang / Chain - turtle with hurted legs - rain, no sun, not bright |
Divemaster 193780 Alex (Reef Gliders) |
|
11
|
24.12.2005
Advanced V (Wreck Dive) |
35
|
30.0
|
Aguilla Eagle West End, Roatan Honduras |
- 16 lbs
- big grooper - big blue parrot fish - agrow crap - grey Angelfish |
Instructor 186554 Andrew Schofield (Reef Gliders) |
|
12
|
29.12.2005
Fundive |
39
|
22.7
|
Tortuga Playa de Coco Costa Rica |
- 14 lbs
- orange sea horse - huuuge grooper in a wreck (1.5-2.5 m!) - many (diff) Porcupines - King Angel - green Moraine - bad visibility (7-10 Meter) |
Divemaster 179279 Jamie (Rich Coast Diving) |
|
13
|
29.12.2005
Fundive |
41
|
22.7
|
Punta Argentina Playa de Coco Costa Rica |
- 10 lbs
- whitetip reef shark (2x) - scorpionfish, well hidden on the ground - Sting Rays (many, indl family) - Octopus in a wall - ree Cornetfisth - bad visibility (7-10 Meter) |
Divemaster 179279 Jamie (Rich Coast Diving) |
| 14 | 16.01.2006 Fundive |
46
|
16
|
The Garden Isla Solaste Panama Rep. |
- 10 lbs - Queen Angel - Big Grooper - Flying Gurnard (like a butterfly with Wings!) - Squared Calamari (right, Calamares...) |
Instructor 191885 (Bocas Water Sports) |
| 15 | 16.01.2006 Fundive |
50
|
13
|
Ship Wreck Bocas del Torro Panama Rep. |
- 10 lbs - Wreck - 2 porcupines - many crabs |
Instructor 191885 (Bocas Water Sports) |
| 16 | 07.06.2006 Fundive |
41
|
18.3
|
Caamano Academy Bay, Galapagos Ecuador |
- 22 lbs - turtle - seelion - King Angel - Mexican Hugfish - share-air - after very very seasick |
Instructor 197774 Claudia Molina (Scuba Iguana) |
| 17 | 07.06.2006 Fundive |
46
|
18
|
Barranco Academy Bay, Galapagos Ecuador |
- 22 lbs - turtle - school of surgeonfish - white tip reef schark - sting rays - Marmorray - many fish - share air - extremly seasick/headache, not nice |
Instructor 197774 Claudia Molina (Scuba Iguana) |
| 18 | 10.06.2006 Fundive |
40
|
22
|
Cousins Galapagos Ecuador |
- 24 lbs - sea liongs (1 huge, following) - huge school of blue stripped chub (millions!) - turtle, lying on a rock - many sea stars - parot fish - dolphins (aprx. 20) at the surface |
Instructor 197774 Claudia Molina (Scuba Iguana) |
| 19 | 10.06.2006 Fundive |
45
|
20
|
Bartolome Galapagos Ecuador |
- 28 lbs - white tip reef shark - big turtle - moorish idol - guineafoul puffer - too much weights, headache - dead Galapagos shark (without fins!) - currents hard/strong |
Instructor 197774 Claudia Molina (Scuba Iguana) |
| 20 | 23.08.2006 Fundive |
35
|
24
|
Moai Rapa Nui Chile |
- 14 lbs - Moai under water - many trompetfish (yellor/grey) - "baloon fish", black und white - huge turtle during break - Ancer from 18th century |
no PADI Mario Pazos (Mike Rapa Diving) |
| 21 | 23.08.2006 Fundive |
33
|
32.5
|
Acantilado Rapa Nui Chile |
- 12 lbs - garden of corals - under bridge/cave, apx. 5 m |
no PADI Mario Pazos (Mike Rapa Diving) |
| 22 | 13.10.2006 Fundive |
30
|
15
|
Whithaven Beach Australia |
- mittlere Sicht - viele Korallen, kleine Fische - Napoleonfisch gesehen |
no PADI |
| 23 | 14.04.2007 Fundive |
50
|
17
|
Fishermans Bay Wet Nha Trang Vietnam |
- nice, with sun - many diff. corals - many small fish - Puffer fish |
Instructor ? Luna (Vinadive) |
| 24 | 14.04.2007 Fundive |
51
|
16
|
Moray Beach Nha Trang Vietnam |
- many Anemonefish - Trompetfish - Lionfish - Scorpionfish (dangerous) - nice & calm - Moray |
Instructor ? Luna (Vinadive) |
| 25 | 10.05.2007 Fundive |
53
|
19
|
Tokong Lat (Temple of Sea) Pulau Perenthian Malaysia |
- bamboo sharks - white eye moray - boxfishes - Clownfish (Nemo) - Angelfish - Porcupain - Jellyfish bites DAve |
Instructor 151809 Birgit (Seahorse Diving Centre) |
| 26 | 10.05.2007 Fundive |
67
|
16.6
|
Tanjung Basi Pulau Perenthian Malaysia |
- mittlere Sicht - viele Korallen, kleine Fische - Napoleonfisch gesehen |
DM 628629 Gill (Seahorse Diving Centre) |
| 27 | 12.05.2007 Fundive |
62
|
17.3
|
Sugar Wreck Pulau Perenthian Malaysia |
- bad visibility - swim through - Porcupain - lion fish - puffer fish - small blue spottet stingray |
Instructor 489571 Kathrin (Seahorse Diving Centre) |
| 28 | 12.05.2007 Fundive |
66
|
12.5
|
D'Lagoon Pulau Perenthian Malaysia |
- Anemomne shrimp (cleaning) - racoon butterfly - Anemonefish (Nemo) - blue spottet stingray - huge potato grooper - parot fish |
DM 628629 Gill (Seahorse Diving Centre) |
| 29 | 13.05.2007 Fundive |
59
|
18.0
|
Batu Layar Pulau Perenthian Malaysia |
- baby barracuda - bat fish - "Christine grooper" - black-blot ched porcupain - tube anemone - X-mas trees |
DM 628629 Gill (Seahorse Diving Centre) |
| 30 | 13.05.2007 Fundive |
51
|
17.2
|
Sea Belle Pulau Perenthian Malaysia |
- shrimp goby's - clearing shrimp - bamboo shark - cat shark - porcupaine - sting ray - school of snaper - schribeld filefish |
DM 959639 Barry (Seahorse Diving Centre) |
Here are the shops we had dived with:
|
Reef Gliders |
- great guys (dived with Rob, Alex, Wendy and Andrew) |
|
Rich Coast Diving |
- you have met divemaster on the boat (not befor dive) |
|
Bocas Water Sports |
- nice little shop with good equipment - friendly staff and helpfull - uses PADI-Standards (Safty-stop, buddy-check, ...) - local divemasters, Spanish spoken (English also available) |
|
Scuba Iguana |
- good shop with a lot of good material - divemaster very nice, helpful - best price for best service (was the cheapest at our time and so very good booked!) - good boats - nice diveplaces, bad experiences of DAve (headache, seasicke,...) - many spots, many animals only on this site seen - if we dive again on Galapagos we go to this place |
|
Mike Rapa Diving Center |
- very profesional shop - possilble watch the dive sites on video - good equipment - Fotos incl in price - extremly good visibility |
|
Vinadive |
- PADI standards - Luna very nice, likes to talk - very good boat - dives come with lunch (awesome!) - comforable dives |
|
SeaHorse Diving Centre |
- small but nice shops, nice people - really small boats, but ok because only 5-20 minutes rides - nice equipment, only booties - rain at night, not that special visibility |