No dive instructor is fond of carrying their gear bag. Instead of taking the bag back to the dive shop, they rather leave the bag behind on the dive boat to pick it up again the next day. When a dive resort, such as Buddha View, has however three dive boats, it is likely that somewhere in the logistic process sometimes a mistake is made.
This morning Ed was happy to assist during the buddy checks of Open Water students Mike and Joe, when he saw an instructor coming toward him.
He knew exactly what was going on when the instructor with the blush on his cheeks asking him for a minute.
The instructor had left his gear bag on another boat and asked Ed - as his task today was not so important fulfilling the role of a Divemaster - if he could borrow his BCD. Ed agreed and thanks to the happy faces of divers around him, his mood didn't plunged fully into the deep.
But when everyone accepts the morning dive and, whether or not wholly in accordance with the PADI 'Giant Stride' rules, jumps happily in the blue, it's difficult to forget the fact that you got up that morning at 06:15 hours.
However, it gave Ed the opportunity to shoot some spectacular pictures from the boat, like this very own special way of entering the water of instructor Kipp.
The big smile of instructor Bas, with whom Ed would actually dive, always makes one's day.
When everybody is immersed in the briny salt, the deck looks a little lonely and abandoned.
The lower deck looks somewhat spooky with tanks waiting for a dip.
The only advantage of skipping a dive is that you have the coffee, tea, biscuit and fruit corner completely for yourself.
Of course the instructor who wanted to borrow Ed's BCD prefers to remain anonymous in this blog. But, human as Ed is, he made a slight revenge upon him. So: the instructor was James - in the left bottom of the picture - who lent Ed's XL BCD during his Open Water Diver course.
James - at the buoy line - swims in the oversized BCD, but is glad he was able to successfully complete the dive without disappointing his students.
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