The diving this weekend was a mixed bag, but definitely the best experience I've had at Pelorus. My first dive was quite tiring. My dive buddy and I, both experienced rescue divers, started out against the current. We went with a dive master nicknamed "biggles", and we were exploring a new site called "coral gardens". The site is aptly named since it is a relatively shallow expanse of branching coral, anemones, and sponges. It's one of the more diverse sites I've seen invertebrate wise. After about 30 minutes against the current, we changed directions and started going back towards the boat, but the current changed direction on us. So we got stuck paddling against a very strong current back to the boat. After 40 minutes at depth, my buddy and I were tired and low on
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