Another message from Shilpin saying ‘very very clear’ arrived. I wanted to dive as soon as I got free but Ameya insisted that each of us should carry a dive knife and he bought two kitchen knives. To carry them, he made the both of us one knife strap.
We hurried and got into the water at 3pm and found out the water was tremendously clear. As good or better than the first day since the green colour caused by the Pedinomonas noctiluca was completely gone and the water was blue.
The barracuda were back but this time with the school of catfish. I wanted to linger there longer but we didn’t have time. The water was choppy and the horizon looked dark with storm clouds. We moved towards the ring.
The Gymnothorax meleagris was gone but the other juvenile eels were there. I quickly went over to check the honeycomb moray’s hangout, at the cement block near the internal pillars. It was gone too. Maybe it was still at the pier but it had just shifted spots.
We went to the eastern ring and while we were diving, two 20cm trevally zoomed past the ring. Both Ameya and I exclaimed with joy. Their glittering silver bodies that cut through the water effortlessly looked elegant and awe-inspiring.
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