We asked you to tell us about
your most bizarre diving experiences, and the quirkiness
quotient in your responses was impressive. We present
tales of crazy buddies, humming monsters, mystery wetsuits,
pond dives, well dives, scum dives, ghost dives, weird
locations and discoveries, hotwater dives, colour-free
dives - and one hell of a smart octopus
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We were off Cozumel in Mexico, enjoying endless visibility,
lots of beautiful swim-throughs and interesting fish life.
We were halfway through a dive when a beautiful eagle
ray came flapping out of the blue, skimming over us and
plunging into the sand to pick up some lunch.
The guide had said (as they do)
that lots of big stuff passed through this area, and we
knew it was the time of year to spot it. However, we were
pleased with what we had seen so far and started looking
carefully among the shallower corals at around 19m for
anything we had missed.
We gradually became aware of
a distant sound we had never heard before, like a faint
calling. With this, there seemed to be a disturbance among
the life around us, but scanning the area we were met
only by the unending deep blue stillness.
The noise was getting louder.
Turning to look at the same spot, my buddy and I started
to make out a large shape gliding effortlessly towards
us.
We had both worked in diving for
a while but had never experienced anything like this before.
We were in for a treat.
As the shape got closer, we finned
towards it. Although we have both dived all over the place,
Mexico was new to us. We were on holiday and didn't know
what these waters could offer. Our excitement was too
much. We finned harder, into the blue, aware that the
noise was more piercing and the large grey shape in front
of us becoming clearer.
It was now only seconds before we
realised what faced us. As we got closer I felt my heart beat
as I made out the massive grey shape - with its windows and
lots of smiling Japanese faces.
Yes, we had stumbled across a
tourist submarine! It glided slowly past us and at that
point I was glad I had a wetsuit with a front zip to give
the tourists a sight they had never seen at 19m before!
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