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Out on the boat today so really early start, pickup at 7.30. Why is it in Patong there is a coffee shop on every corner, but none of them open until at least 8am.
Arrived and got on board, nice breakfast and then had to kit up and have our briefing for the first dive. Actually really nervous and really thankful that Becca is here again as doing it all on your own would not have been fun. Dealt with cramp, loose mask and bleeding. Dragging two largeguys back to the boat though through quiet a strong current was not fun. A lot less nervous after the first dive.
Next was the stranded diver at the surface which required us to don full SCUBA gear and get to them before they drowned.
Lunch was really good, I really should eat more curry out here. Then we had a refresher as to how to use a compass and then we spent the next dive giving search patterns a good go. We then had a practise with Manuel hiding underwater and so again we had to bring him to the surface anddrag him back to the boat. Thank God that the guys on the boat seemed to realise that there was no way that we were going to be able to get him out of the water. I am however getting really good at being able to get all of my SCUBA gear off, fins off and out of the water in 10 seconds flat.
Finally finished all of the drills and we passed with flying colours which was great. We planned to have a celebratory beer on the way home but I think after all of that, it would have knocked us out.
Sandwich, cup of tea, bed.
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