Backed!
Yeah... Backed from Pulau Aur... Really wanna thank God that i can still dive despite of the eye and ear conditions i had... had infection on both areas... but God is always on time to heal... although my eyes was swollen looking ugly... but i still able to see properly.. God is a good God!!! so now my eyes and ears are much better liaoz...
Well the trip to Aur was like a Dejavu to me... hahah while on the bus journey to Mersing was caught in a jam cos the whole road was flooded and was raining heavily also... same as the journey back... the Boat ride to Aur was like 5 hrs... leaving Mersing jetty at 12.30am reaching Aur at 5.30am and we have to wait till 7am for the tide to go up so the boat can pick us up... well Atlantis Bay was kind of quite run down... haha... beds not very nice to sleep on and toilets is like oh man... and the place is very overcrowded... no space for a table to have food... but the food is gd and nice... had lots of free milo and cup noodles... although when come back from nite dive the food is cold... especially the chicken wings and Satay... they should have warmed it up for the nite divers... on the boat also was very overcrowded... haha i hate overcrowded dive trips... :P i like the group to be small... cos also able to know ppl well... this time too many liaoz... so hard to socialise also...
Well in summary the underwater conditions there are pretty alright... we are called Lazy divers by the instructors who teaches the other student for open water lolx! reason given that we are always the last ppl who enter the water and stone at the boat... my divemaster Norman took some nice photos... will get them during the next gathering.. below are the summary of the dives...
1) Telok Kaddo: 10:40am, Visibility 15+m, Max Depth 11.2m, Avg Depth 6.7m, Dive time 51min, Water Temp 28 degree C. Saw some interesting stuff like, Stonefish, a rare Nudibranch, Huge Stingray, Baramudi Cod Fish. mild cold current.
2) Pulau Lang: 2:23pm, Visibility 10m, Max Depth 20.1m, Avg Depth 7.0m, Dive time 49min, Water Temp 28 Degree C. Saw a huge school of yellow Fusiliers. Strong Cold Current where most of the time my Mares Avanti X3 is put to the test. In the end was stranded on the tip of the island which is sheltered and waited very long for the boat to come while whistle is blown.
3) Crocodile Rock: 5:42pm, Visibility 10m, Max Depth 14.6m, Avg Depth 7.3m, Dive time 55min, Water Temp 30 degree C. Saw a school of Juvenile Baraccudas and Nudibranch. Mild Current.
4) Crocodile Rock to Housereef (Nite Dive): 7:58pm, Visibility 8m, Max Depth 17.6m, Avg Depth 7.0m, Dive time 47mins, Water Temp 29 degree C. Saw a huge crab its width at a length of my half arm size, lots of Shrimps and crabs, Stonefish and sleeping parrot fish. Strong Cold Current where the fins is put to the test again... the weather was bad... thunder and heavy downpour while we are on the surface before diving holding to the rope... once decend we had a very tiring swim towards the shallow waters... and had a drift dive while holding our torches. one of the best nite dive i have.
5) Jawa to Rayners Rock: 8.30am, Visibility 12m, Max Depth 14.6m, Avg Depth 9.1m, Dive time 46mins, Water Temp 29 degrees C. Did many swim throughs the rock formation, schools of fishes, huge napolean wrasse and the way Norman chase it was very FUNNY! lastly the rewarding part is during safety stop while we launch the SMB, schools of long blue tailed Barracudas appeared... at 3m depth... awesome. Moderate Cold Current and saw a puffed up puffer fish on the water surface... and lo and behold this is my 50th Dive! yeah!
How it looks like taken from the dining Area of the Resort while we are leaving the resort returning home
Yeah... hahaha had a gd dive trip overall... Clocked a total of 50 dives at the end of the trip... wanna thank the NUS diveclub for organising the trip... hope to meet up in the gathering soon... pictures will be up soon once i get them! and tml i am working!!! yeah ! 9am NUS Com centre! alright! finally the rotting at home come to a stop hahaha!
