Diving W/out Instructors: Just Us, The Black Night, One Sunken Wreck & . . . ?!?!! (CSS, Ep. 157)

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This episode opens with a visit to the nearby white sand beach in our anchorage where Bill flies the drone over turquoise crystal clear water and Grace admires a collection of shells, fish bones and various marine skeletons. They are displayed on a rock shelf inside a large cave on the beach, collected by visitors over time. Located in the Sea of Cortez, between Mexico’s western coast and the Baja California Peninsula, we’re pleased to be exploring this new spot, anchored in water considered to be among the world’s most biologically diverse.

Next we head out on our first scuba dive in the Sea of Cortez on this bright and sunny day. We dive the wreck of the Fang Ming and are blown away by the amount and variety of sea life who have made a home in the sunken vessel. The story of the Fang Ming and it’s sad history is on our minds as we make our way through the ships’ hold.

After our amazing dive we head over to OneLife aka the Internet Cafe to use their Starlink and do some work. Before long night fall is upon us and Grace prepares dinner aboard Calico Skies which will be fish tacos using yesterday’s remaining Grouper catch. We’re preparing for a night dive which will be Grace’s first ever.

We set out as the sun goes down and head back to the same spot we dove earlier, the Fang Ming wreck. As darkness rises we enter the water and make our way 72 feet down where the ship lies. At night the wreck feels completely different and we’re thankful to have become familiar with the vessel during day light hours.

As we explore the wreck we are completely surprised to find a large amount of turtles who’ve made ‘beds’ in various parts of the ship and for the most part, are all dead asleep. It is so amazing to be able to get so close to these large gentle giants as they snooze and a truly incredible experience. All around the ship the fish move slowly, many sleeping and barely moving. We disturb a moray eel in his bed, a deep hole in the ship. The darkness is illuminated by plankton or shrimp and the movement of these creatures all around us is trippy. We surface after the amazing dive and ride home on the dinghy as a gigantic orange moon rises, a surreal experience.

The next day it’s back to reality as Bill works on the Honda generator which hasn’t been running smoothly lately. He takes it apart, finds algae growth which he removes. Then he cleans the carb and jets and reassembles everything. Voila it works! That means the a/c goes back on and life resumes again!

0:00 Intro
0:56 The Sea of Cortez
3:10 Diving the wreck of the Fang Ming
5:54 Internet Cafe is open!
7:43 Grace’s First Night Dive
9:31 This weeks sponsor: Kamikoto
11:01 Back to the show..Grace’s First Night Dive
15:06 Repair, Repair, Repairs 🙃
18:15 Generator is repaired, air con is on!
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