April 6, 2008 - Pompano Beach, FL

Hello again!

Sunday April 6 finds the Video Dude doing video for Worth O'Brien of AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY (along with Divemaster-in-Training Donna) for his open water diving students. We were all aboard the "Lady Go Diver" headed out to the "Sea Emperor" and a reef. Seas were much flatter today - less than two feet - and it was a beautiful day to boot!

We arrive at the "Sea Emperor" and drop down to the deck to be greeted immediately by one of the resident southern stingrays who gave us all quite a lot of attention. Everyone had at least one up-close-and-personal encounter. Worth and Donna took everyone on a little tour of the wreck and I went to look for "Baby" the resident green moray. After looking for her in her usual hiding places, I finally found her free-swimming around the concrete pipes.

Our second dive was on a new reef for me - "Chalfonte Reef". The students got to go through their OW required skills while I videotaped and then we got to tour the reef a bit. This reef is a fish counter's dream! There were so many large schools of grunts, snappers and squirrel fish it was hard to get them all in the video. Additionally we saw a mola-mola, which is supposed to be rare to see here. The students all did well and congrats to them all!

Ah, the life of a videographer in Paradise!

The Video Dude