Shipwreck Scuba

        This weekend we headed to Amed. While there we realized the main attraction for Amed was scuba diving and we decided our time had come. I needed a refresher course from 8^th grade and Stef decided to begin her certification class. For our first day, and only day so far, we spent 20 minutes in the pool learning and then it was off to Tulamben for two 35 minute dives at the famous USS Liberty shipwreck! It was torpedoed in 1942 and then knocked out and under water by a volcanic eruption, Mt. Agung,  in 1963. It was Unbelievable. The amazing abundance of coral was all so bright and fish were everywhere and every color. We were in disbelief of this new world we found ourselves in and so quickly too. We dove down to a depth of 50 feet on our second dive which was incredible. When we looked up at one point we saw a school of thousands of silver fish circling above us. There were sharks in the area, but we missed them this time. We did come across an enormous barracuda which was pretty awesome. It was about 6 feet long and had teeth about that long as well. The amount of life we saw in such a short time was incredible, from the thousands of coral species to the thousands of fish species and all in about 60 feet of visibility underwater, crystal clear. I hope pictures will be better able to explain our dive as its hard to put into words.

 

 Barracuda!

 

                                                                     Beautiful Coral

  

                                                                             Fish Above

                                                           All this coral is growing on the ship