Oh dear, I’m still so full of adrenaline.
I manage to get to dive in Two Oceans Aquarium by the Water Front in Cape
Town. They have a 2 million liter seawater tank full of Sharks, mantas, fishes and turtles
I met with the dive master at 10.45 for short instructions and to put on the diving gears. You have to have an open water diving license to be able to dive there. I was very nervous and of course my diving gear was broken, first the regulator, then the o-ring and the buckle to my weight belt broke and almost fell of on a turtle. After a lot of frustration I finally sat on the bottom of the tank and tried to relax with a shark bumping my head with her tailfin, relax… relax… breath slowly, I knew it was a she, because the dive master pointed her out before we went in and she had a big scratch on the side
– Don’t get close to her, she will not bite, she has been fed, but she’s a bit bitchy, he said. I notice…! That bump got my mask full of saltwater.
With the GoPro camera on my hand wrist I got some nice films, not brilliant since its my first time using it under water. I was filled with a humble love for the beautiful creatures swimming around me. I big joy apart from diving in this amazing aquarium was to see my husband and more than a hundred visitors behind the glass waving at me, I got so exited that I didn’t see a huge manta approaching me, it took me by surprise that I lost control and fell on my back onto the ground, I started to laugh my ass off, it was so funny and once again I got my mask filled with saltwater
I can go on and on about this 30 minutes dive, every little detail was absolutely amazing
- all of you that have dive license please go there, it’s a memory for life! Sweetling David and all sharkscared people, this is a fantastic way to learn to get to know them, we are on the bottom list their menu
I left the aquarium 13.30 with a huge smile, a shark tooth I picked from the bottom of the tank, and ordered fish for lunch, how bizarre!!!!………
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