Oh how I love Freediving...
Its been about a month since John and I have been diving and that is waaaay too long for us. We decided to ditch the tank to go for a more streamlined dive this past weekend. Our friend Kevin took us out in his boat and we cruised around looking for a good site to jump in. It didn't take us long to find the SPA (Sanctuary Preservation Area) boundary buoys of Molasses Reef. Even with the 15 knot winds blowing onshore, the visibility of the reef wasn't too shabby.
We hung out at the reef for a while, holding our breath long enough to check out the great life thriving among the impressively healthy coral. After about 20 minutes of continuously pushing my limits, I was gasping for my next breath on the surface. John looked over at me a bit perplexed making sure I was ok. It seemed as though my freediving skills were a bit rusty. Its understandable considering I've had a tank strapped to my back for each dive in the past year. SCUBA is my true passion and I love the leisure approach of staying down for extended periods of time. However, it felt good to jump in without the excess weight and its a good thing I did because breath holding is definitely something that you need to keep working at.
John and I could've stayed in the water all day but we had to get back to our puppies who were waiting for us at the house (the sight of them watching us through the sliding glass door as we left without them was so sad... these pups wanted to go diving too!) Overall, it was a splendid day on the water and we hope to get out there more in the upcoming weeks.
Love,
John-Kristen-Reef-Caya
***Shout out to my beautiful little sister Lisa who turned 14 on Friday and to my adorable niece Brooke who turned 2 on Saturday***
It sure was a fun-packed weekend!!!
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