Diving at Cooke Island, New South Wales Australia
Diving at Cooke Island is pretty good. This is a story I wrote when we dived there 2 or 3 years ago. Here’s a picture of the island:
We had a great time! The viz was poor, however we still saw lots of stuff. We went with about 5 other people, and Luke led us.
Luke found a couple of turtles sleeping, so gave them a bit of a nudge, and off they swam.
I saw John brushing at something on his head, and afterwards he told me this Damselfish was tapping him on the shoulder, and then came back later on, having a go at his head. He wondered what it was!! These fish are very territorial, so it was just protecting his environment.
The BEST part of the dive for me, was that I was able to descend easily, with my head up and in a kind of sitting position. And, I did it easily and on my own.
Also, I controlled my bouyancy, and made NO runaway ascents.
John was funny when we ascended. He was worried because I was going so slow. He thought I wanted to stay down all day! It was one of the slowest ascents John had ever done. When we got to 5 metres, we all hovered and were watching our depth and time. John wondered what we were all doing:-)
On the second dive, he was used to it, and loved it. It feel sooo good, going up slowly, watching different kinds of fish, and just relaxing, listening to my breathing. What a way to meditate!!
By the way, this is the boat that we go to Cook Island on
It’s called Blue Juice 1.
The ride out today was a bit hairy. I think we were air born at one stage and this poor new lady really freaked out. We asked the driver to slow down, and she seemed happier then.
On the second dive, the viz was even less, but we still had a good time. Someone spotted a gigantic wobbegong shark, and showed all of us. It must have been at least 6 foot long and maybe 2 foot wide. He was laying down with his back to us, and we hovered around him, just watching. I wonder if he knew we were there? To me, his shape was sort of like a crocodile ( just the shape of him ).
The rest of the dive was uneventful and we had a great slow ascent again!!
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