Blog 705 Ye Gods! I take a dive!

Another weird title, another strange shore excursion, except, this is the first on this voyage.

I have always been intrigued by the tourist submarines which I presume are fairly commonplace in these perpetually warm climes. I had swapped a more conventional coach tour across the island for one of these shorter but fascinating experiences, which, being in a submarine, did generate a misgiving or two. The brochure promised 50 minutes, diving to up to 150ft. I think we got slightly less on both grounds; the tour guide told us that the submarine experience would be 40 – 45 minutes.

I’m guessing around 25 of us piled into a smallish vehicle at the ship, another taking us to the Atlantis Terminal, where we would board a transfer boat to the submarine. Soon, we were seated facing our chosen portholes, looking out on to nothing but turquoise. Soon, we were diving in this craft whose interior resembled a small aeroplane. We dived to the seabed which, if I am not mistaken was around 150 below the surface. To begin with, there was little to see. Then, the wreck of modern-ish vessel came into view. Research may determine the history of the wreck. I have never seen anything like it! We later ventured to coral reefs, not particularly colourful, but, teeming with sea life. I can understand the attraction of snorkeling! I don’t really know what I was looking at, but this short period of journeying along a sea floor was beyond amazing.