Finally a Divemaster but sad its my last week

Last week! It feels a little bit strange. The rib boat is up from the water repairs  

Monday: Tinman and I go to Radazul with Kevin who is doing his last open water. He´s doing good and it´s a nice dive we saw a little octopus.

Tuesday: Day off It´s windy but I decide to go to El Medano and up mountan roja. I get sandblasted when I pass the big beach Tejina, but I make it.

Wednesday: I go and leave tanks in Las Galletas we have a new place where we fill the tanks but it´s just a hundred meter from the other one. After that it´s scrubbing the boat taking away the shells and alges . Hard work, interesting though to see the work there, but scrubbing…

Thursday: I do the rest of the stamina skills for the dive master course. Tinman and I go down to the marina. 800m snorkelling, it´s pain! No fun at all. I give it all. Please don´t let the score be a two. I don´t want to swim this again, but it turns out I swam fast, the score is a 4!

Then the tow swim, I am pumped! I tow Tinman in a record speed. The boats starts to move from the waves I create (not really) and get the score 5!

Then it´s floating in 15 minutes, well what can I say? That´s nothing in the superman state I am in now…

We end early cause this evening we will do a night dive, first for me. Tinman, Marta and I meet up at the dive centre when the sun feels a little bit sleepy. We take the Jumpy to Abades. Martha going to do her night dive as a part of her advance course. I´m leading I have a hard time to see the compass. Even though it glows in the dark, and I´m telling you that not a good thing. Am I getting old? Glasses? Crouch? Coffin? Marta do it fine and me to until the end when, yes the compass… Well we make it back Tinmans compass works better…Diving in the dark good experience, but we didn´t see that much (yes, we had torches). Not that impressed, I expected more. But I learned during this 8 weeks that diving at the same dive site can vary a lot from time to time, so I guess I have to give it one more shot in the future.

Friday: Mikey a former intern and instructor is kind enough to come by and do the kit exchange with me Tinman supervising. It´s one of the things you have to do for the divemaster exame. The cold pool… You have to change mask and fins also I wasn´t prepared for that. It went well, you just have to be calm.

Tinman and I go to the hotel pool and try to lure some new customer to the Mermaid. I´m in the water this time and there are some people trying. Couple of crazy Hungarians, not crazy but very happy to have vacation…

Saturday: Day of take it easy

Sunday: Last day. I´m doing the skills in the pool that is scored and required for the divemaster exam. Hardest part for me is the talking skills, but it all went well!!!!
What did we do after wards, scrubbing the boat? I don´t remember it´s all a blur a relief to have made it!

What I remember is that we went for a beer at Big Als after the day was finished.

Thank you Tinman Vince and off course Melissa for the teaching! Jeff, Ned, Percy, Ludo, Mike and all the rest who have helped.

And so a new Divemaster has come to the world…

Blinky

Yes the boat still there! But it was too expensive (35000€ if you’re interested) for me. Not all stories can have a happy end, after all this is not Hollywood…