Familiar Faces

Almost every week, and certainly every month, a familiar face reappears at Coconut Tree.  People come and go, but there are certainly many who return year after year (you know who you are!) - and they often seem surprised to see many of the same faces behind the desk or giving the dive briefings.  And then all the way from Oz, Jules appeared…

Ever elusive to the camera, we were not able to find a photo of Jules underwater...

After nine months of travelling in Central Asia, Scandinavia and Latin America, Jules arrived in Roatan ready for two weeks of sun, sea and a half-hearted desire to do a bit of diving. Her original plan was to refresh her dive skills, and maybe do a couple of fun dives . But, Jules didn’t count on falling in love with Roatan or falling in love with diving… 

Those few days turned into eleven weeks and Jules went from (in her own words) ‘a flailing air thief’ to diving five or six days a week, doing the morning two-tank dives and the odd night dive.  At Coconut Tree, Jules did a refresher course with Monty, and then completed her Advanced Open Water with Marco within her first week at the shop. She now has more than 70 dives in her Coconut Tree log book.

Jules said, “When I came here in November, I didn’t ever think that I would do my Advanced Open Water, let alone gain the confidence to do night dives, to enjoy deep dives or even complete a 74 minute dive. But, I did!  And, I definitely didn’t expect to spend eleven weeks diving, to talk diving or even buy some dive gear!"

So, what’s next for Jules? More diving of course…And maybe, just maybe, we’ll see her back at Coconut Tree to complete the much discussed Rescue Diver and Divemaster courses.

Recent Sightings:

5 Turtles (one dive) @ Half Moon Bay Wall

Criss-Cross Tritonia @ Shallow Aquario (night - it's very very small...)

African Pompano!!! @ Shallow SeaQuest (a first for Marco!)

Half Moon Bay Weather Report:

A beautiful day for diving, Potlicker is out at West End Wall

Hot in the sun, with the flag on the glass bottom boat only flapping half heartedly.