THURSDAY, 13 JUNE Boat leaves at 8 a.m.; have to be there by 7:45. I'm thinking of not doing the night dive; I had some gear issues on the last dive, and it's a long schlep down to the boat and back. Boat leaves at 6:30 p.m., so I may change my mind. Our group diving on reef Sergeant Major
Stoplight Parrotfish	Ocean Triggerfish
Reef Urchin Atlantic Lizardfish (Synodus saurus) Guide Diego blowing bubble rings (like smoke rings on land) down the reef. He catches air from his regulator in his hand and makes a fist snapping out and down; the disturbance in front and slightly below is ring. [Appearance to the contrary, Diego is NOT resting his knees on the coral!] I did not change my mind, and Dax the boat captain told Richard & me that the manager would not let him take out the boat for one diver. (Dave cancelled, too; he hurt his knee today on the dive ladder getting out of the water and into the boat.) I told Dax that I didn't understand; the boat was paid for as one of our 12 dives in the package. POLICY at Buddy Dive is if you miss a boat ride, too bad, so sad, no refunds. So it made no difference if I was physically on the boat or not; my spot and eight others were prepaid. Dax talked with the manager who must have understood my point and said Dax could go out with Diego & Richard, but NEXT TIME he was giving him a night dive with 15 divers [joke]. So Richard had a night dive with a personal guide. Couldn't beat that.

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