Easter is the occasion to have a 4-days week end in Australia. Our fist plan was to go up north, but a rainy forecast and a 6 hours trip made us change our minds. In the end i called the local dive center and they had a free spot for the Advanced Open Water certification. On saturday and sunday we dived 4 times, the 29m deep dive was particulary interesting, and we also did a brilliant night dive on tuesday night. This one was really my favorite !

I am not a big diver, i only have 14 dives in my logbook, but it really is a nice activity. I am still wondering if i will take the Wreck diving course…

Three weeks ago i was again on holidays, this time on the west coast of Australia. With my friend Yann we rent a camper van and went up north from Perth to Exmouth.

The coastline is really wonderful and has many stunning views to offer. Just before Exmouth we stopped in magnificent Coral Bay, a small settlement on the border of the Ningaloo Marine Park. Snorkeling is easy as the reef is just 50m from the beach. Exmouth, on the other side, is quite an ugly town, but is the gateway to good dive sites.

As always, my photos are on Flickr, and here is a petite selection of my favourites.

For my 25th birthday, all of my friends offered me a gift that thrill : go diving with sharks ! The sharks we are talking about are the grey-nurse sharks, pretty big, they can be 3.5m long, but they are not man-eaters. The dive was 30 minutes long, and all of my friends were watching me from inside the 5cm thick glass tunnel. There was also some huge stingrays, and the whole experience was really enjoyable. Thanks everyone for this wonderful gift ! As usual all the pictures and the video are available on Flickr.

C’est officiel, je suis maintenant un “PADI open water certified diver” !

Le stage occupait 2 week-ends complets, le premier étant dévolu a des cours théoriques et aux plongées en piscine, alors que le second regroupait l’examen écrit et les 4 plongées en mer requises pour être diplômé.

Sentiment general : très content, la plongée est vraiment une activité intéressante, et je suis assez surpris de découvrir la diversité du monde sous-marin. Le commandant Cousteau remonte largement dans mon estime