We were staying at the Grand Palladium in the Mayan Riviera when we decided to find out what SCUBA diving was all about. This was our 3rd Caribbean trip. We'd fallen in love with snorkeling on our previous trips, particularly at nearby beaches, lagoons and cenotes.
Herve with Scuba Caribe on the resort got us started with the 1 hour video and the pool training. Then we went out in their boat to the dive site (Aquario?) with Herve, Frederick the Argentinian camera guy, 2 boat crew, and another divemaster Pedro who lead 2 couples.
I bumped my head flipping backwards out of boat, and doing a full backwards 360. It was about a 45 minute dive at 40' (12-15m). Steve was emptying his tank pretty fast so Herve gave him air for the last part of the dive.
Herve found a little crab like cleaner thing to show us. We came up slowly with a couple of pauses.
Back in boat, I felt a little woozy and light-headed, then fine. Then while we were waiting for the others to come up I felt a little seasick. After we returned our equipment, we saw a rough video which we bought for $60 and tipped Herve.
First dive down and we loved it.
Firsts: 1st dive!
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