Snorkelling

September 3rd 2009
Today we were going to go snorkeling. I didn't feel cold because we had just played our Gaelic game from the morning. But when we arrived it all changed. It was freezing! Just looking at the water made us shiver, but we still got our gear on and wardli 2 and 3 had the first tutorial with Bairdy. He taught us how to use snorkels but I was already fairly confident with that because I use snorkels for my swimming training. We also learnt to clear our goggles with our spit and to duck dive to test our snorkeling ability. When everyone was confident of going out into the sea we all got in as a group and we made pairs. My partner was Billy McFaull. We snorkeled above lots of wonderful fish including the sweep. Swimming above the seaweed was also a wonder as I was wondering what was hiding in them. We swam three quarters of the way to the jetty and then we turned back. I found lots of wonderful seashells and rocks. We got out and I'm sure everyone was happy because the water was freezing. The worst thing was getting changed because as the wind hit your skin you went numb. I'm sure the greatest challenge about snorkeling was to keep not think about the cold and to not get out. It was painful but most people didn't get out which was a good achievement. The visibility was pretty good as well, it only got bad when someone pit their fins on the ground and moved the sea. The best part of snorkeling definitely had to be the view of the bottom of the ocean which you will never be able to see if you were on land. This was a great experience and I am sure that I would love to do it again once it gets hotter.