This update comes directly from students in the Underwater Discovery Winterim. This explains a bit about what they need to do in order to venture out into deeper water.
Greetings from Belize!
Greetings from Belize!
Today (Friday) every student learned the basics of scuba diving in the water, and what to do in emergency situations. In two groups we took a boat into a shallow part of the coral reef. There we learned how to clear the water out of our masks in case they were flooded while we were underwater. We also learned how to control our buoyancy so we were parallel to the ocean floor. We practiced what to do in case we ran out of oxygen, which can be a very scary feeling. Along with all of this we saw an eagle ray scoping out the ocean floor. On Sunday we will be deep sea scuba diving through the reefs because we will know all of the proper techniques.
Maddy and Katie
P.S. Tomorrow we tackle the final part of our test, wish us luck!!
