Went on a more advanced dive this morning. Took the speedboat out about an hour from my island to an uninhabited island with a reef around it. The waves were breaking at the reef at least 15 feet high, haven't seen such huge waves since the north shore of Oahu. We went to just outside where the waves were swelling, diving in search of the giant mantra rays. The current was very, very strong, sometimes you just couldn't fight it and had to go where it wanted you to, you just had to make sure it wasn't pulling you up so as to avoid the bends. We caught sight of one giant manta right as we went down to about 25 meters, but that was it. Saw several sea turtles poking around the bottom of the reef, and an absolutely massive fish, at least 10 feet long, just hanging out. I asked what kind of fish it was after the dive, but my japanese dive master had too strong an accent for me to make out what she said. She was hot though, so I forgave her.
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