Diving, pez maya olympic games, Rina experience in Pez Maya
The
week`s fantastic weather saw a full six days of diving and also all the
volunteers completing their advanced open water certification. As the
celebrations ensued, we continued on with working on our coral and fish
spotting in hopes to begin our monitoring duties soon. The sunlight and fairly
calm seas were a gift after a rough and rainy past week. We took full advantage
of their presence and were all happy to have logged nearly 10 dives in one
week. After Saturday’s fun dive was over, volunteers and staff scattered with
some venturing to the ruins at Coba spending the day biking and climbing the
structures, while others wandered to Akumal to snorkel with the resident
turtles and spend the day relaxing in the sun.
Then
before we knew it it was Monday again and we were back in the water, but only
for a brief moment. We heard news of Hurricane Rina who was due a visit at Base
that Thursday which sadly meant non-diving weather, however perfect conditions
for the Pez Maya Olympic Games. All huts put in creativity and effort but staff
came out victorious.
On Wednesday it became official that we would evacuate
base for the arrival of Rina so we packed every last bit of base up and headed
for Tulum where we spent two nights playing cards by candlelight and eating as
much hurricane food as possible. Thankfully Rina came and went in our sleep and
we were able to return to base by Friday afternoon where damage was minimal.
We
are happy to be back and hope that the weather continues to improve for many
diving days ahead.
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