The sun was a massive orange ball on the horizon as we headed out of the port we waved to the the tipsy merry makers on their sunset cruises heading abck to land.
Meanwhile our little merry band of flash light welding thrill seekers headed out of port all very sober, but with the adrenaline rush of a night dive ahead.
We all excitedly got ready, I breifed a couple of first time night divers whilst handing out the flash lights, they look excited though a little tense as they listened to me telling them not to shine the torches in each others faces or in the faces of the night time creatures and especially not MY face!!
We plopped over the side of the boat the water just lit by the stars over manuel antonio. I headed down the line first and waited patiently at the bottom as the group headed cautiously down into the dark.
We moved off slowly and our eyes slowly adjusted to the dark and we started to see the magic. Massive octupus, normally timid in the day, charged over the reef; unidentified nighttime starfish moved about (where do they go in the day time!); squirrelfish darted out of our beams, and I could here squeals coming from the other divers as we cruised along.
All in all a night dive is always fun and end too soon....though not everyday, I would miss my sunset beer!
Katharine
www.oceansunlimitedcr.com
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