Dive # 2 – Milln Reef “Petat” Great Barrier Reef
The second dive was also at the Milln Reef at the same site. This time we did a few new skills such as a buddy check, entry, controlled descent, regulator recovery and clear, partial mask flood and clear, full mask flood and clear, buoyancy control with low pressure inflator, alternate air source use, an underwater tour, ascent and a safety stop. We also did a cesa which stands for Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent. All of these skills are practiced first in the pool and done with the group and scuba instructor.
For this dive we had a bottom time of 26 minutes and I got to see a parrot fish, a yellow trumpet fish (they are so cool!), a goat fish and a trigger fish. I a video that I took of a Parrot Fish at the bottom of the blog, enjoy
You can see the Parrot Fish poop at the very beginning of the video. Parrot fish actually have two GIANT teeth, and they gnaw away at the reef. They travel in big herds and soemtimes you can hear them eating the reef. When they pooh, they are actually pooping sand! 80% of the sand in Queensland is actually parrot fish poop (well that’s what I was told). There are many different types of parrot fish. I will add a post with more information, pictures and videos of parrot fish soon. Subscribe to my blog to see more pictures, videos and stories.
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What an amazingly colorful underwater deep sea fauna and flora.
Yes, give us some more of such videos. ..
Also, I was impressed that you had diving classes in a swimming pool by a photo shown below. That takes all the fear of learning to dive.
yes it was nice to get started in the pool and then go out to the real . I will be posting more videos and pictures soon! They get much better as I was more comfortable with diving and taking pictures!