My SCUBA Buddy

An untimate objective of the cruise on the Wave Dancer was to get out to see the Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world. We were offered three modes of viewing the Reef: SCUBA, snorkeling or a ride on a glass-bottom boat. While virtually everyone went snorkeling, four of us went SCUBA diving off the stern of the boat: a Quicksilver guide, another gentleman, Jo and I.

The dive was pretty tame - 35 minutes in water no deeper than 20 feet. That was fine, though, giving us plenty of light and a lot of color. There were so many types of coral, lots of brightly colored fish, numbers of sea turtles. The dive fulfilled a dream I've had for 40 years to see this reef, the largest in the world.