1/25/2025

Bonaire Dive Day 5

We headed out to Oil Slick for our first dive because it's a ladder entry and we figured that would be easier on my foot. My dive buddy brought my tank with BCD+reg to the ladder area and I got buckled in. However, when we turned on the air, the regulator house burst! It was super loud, right in my ear. We initially thought it was an O ring issue, but a hose rupture is just not recoverable. We we had to drive back to the drive shop to get another one. 

So we ended up doing our first dive at Bari's reef instead. It was beautiful and easy. We saw lion fish and a peacock flounder but still didn't find that octopus. 

We headed off to Oil Slick again for our second dive. This time, no equipment failures. They have a special art exhibit going on with a metal tuna that has traveled the Netherlands and now is in the water at oil slick for 2 weeks. You see the tuna right away as you descend but we decided to save it for the end. It was a pleasant dive with a sloping coral. Navigation was easy as you end with the tuna which was pretty fun to look at. It's tethered by a couple ropes but does move a little with the waves and looks like it's smiling at you.

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