What a Hoot! This is the signature dive of the Spirit of Freedom. It is done at the North Horn of Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. The same site as the last dive. At the end of the mooring line there is a kind of natural amphitheater in the side of the coral reef with a raised pillar of coral in the center. The tourist divers sit in a semi circle at 50feet and our Dive Masters set up a pulley system on the raised pillar where they will pull a garbage can full of Tuna heads down from the surface. That’s when the fun begins.
As soon as things start getting set up the sharks know what’s coming and they start cruising in. When the food flys, things get a bit crazy while about 40 sharks compete for the goodies.
One got himself wrapped up in the chain and had to thrash about to get free.
After the sharks are done gorging themselves on tuna, we swam out to get close to the stragglers. We still had a good bit of air so we finished the dive in the same area. My dive buddy Pascal, who is French and speaks very little English, communicates very well underwater. He found a little tunnel in the coral and we went in exploring and found the Giant Cod that was in about the sharks. He ran out of his home as we entered but after we realized we were at a dead end he was coming back in as we were going out. Made for some great pictures.
All for now. It is Sunday and the last day of diving. We have already been to Steve's Bommie and expect the "DIVE TIME" call any minute now. I get inbound email but no outbound. Internet is spotty. Dont send me any large files. I have to pay for bandwidth and it takes forever. Dial up Speeds. Boat should dock at 5am on Monday (Aussie Time) Donna, See you soon. Miss you.
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