Day 32 and 33 - July 28th and 29th

Today was a busy day. The plan was to go shore diving in the morning, so we got up and packed then had to wait a little bit before getting out the door. Ryan, Julia and I dove off of Crescent Beach which is near the harbor, and the same site basically as Manta Ray Bay where we went from Ron's boat. Its a cool dive, but like many places on the island the reef goes down really steeply and while following some fish I managed to swim to 72 feet before realizing it (we were trying to stay above 60). Thankfully I had Doug's computer so it compensated and I was able to continue my dive shallower which lasted for 61 minutes. This was my last day dive here in Hawaii which was kinda sad, but it was a great dive, despite a longish walk over a lava rock trail down to the beach.

That night there were only three divers on Sea Paradise so I was able to, for what would be my last night dive, and I got to take video. Diving at the south site is so different than diving at the north site, mainly because there is a lot of surge down south because you are closer to shore. It was cool and we saw two Mantas: Salem Ray and Capt. Kirk. I also got some good video, thanks to Martina helping hold me down as I twisted and turned to follow the rays in the surge.

Saturday was fairly uneventful, my only job today was to finish my project, which I did (and if I do say so myself, its pretty cool.) I spent the whole morning editing and ended up with a 17 minute project. Then this afternoon Julia and I watched Footloose (very entertaining) until Martina was finished with her work so I could get back on the computer and make a few corrections as well as make a short 4 minute teaser project.

So now (unless I go to the Sheraton tomorrow) I am officially down with my internship program. Time really flew by while I was over here, its hard to believe I go home on Monday.