diving continues

Woohoo! I made it through day three quite successfully. I didn’t like the snorkel descent skill today, but that’s easy enough to practice. A few highlights: it turns out my dive buddy Eivar is from Hacienda Heights (same town I grew up in), I got 49 of 50 questions on the final exam correct, my hover isn’t so great but my buoyancy while swimming was much improved. Really looking forward to tomorrow’s trip on the Pacific Star boat out to Santa Barbara island. I’m very happy with the training I’ve gotten from my instructor Brian and the folks at Eco Dive Center. All goes well tomorrow and I’ll have my PADI c-card. Hopefully the beginning of a long, fun and safe dive hobby. Still deciding if I’m going to wait till Sept 24/25 to do more diving as part of an advanced open water course, or dive in with a nighttime adventure this week with people from the shop. Hmmm. Decisions decisions.