Top your experience off with a night dive – it’s a must for adventurous and more experienced divers. Travelling by boat to the dive site, watch the amber glows of sunset change to hazy shades of dusk to nightfall. The journey is exhilarating and admittedly a little daunting, especially when the blanket of nightfall covers the sea and you take that leap of faith into the deep, dark ocean below. Once under the water, it feels as if you are swimming through the dark, starless night sky.
At night the more elusive creatures roam the waters, such as the naturally shy blue-spotted stingray, which emerges from the sand to stalk its prey. These predatory creatures are skittish, and divers that experience a chance encounter with these beauties are incredibly lucky – they are an amazing sight to behold.
If you’re feeling brave, sit on the ocean floor, turn off your torchlight and shake your arms to cause movement. Your reward, if you’re lucky, phosphorescence. Unbelievable beauty. Sparkling bright lilacs and fluorescent blues and pinks flicker before your eyes, lighting up the pitch-black waters like a magical display of stars. It’s totally captivating, and it’s likely that you will leave the waters hooked on scuba diving! This otherworldly experience is the perfect reward to finishing your open water dive course, and I highly recommend it. For me, it was my most magical and memorable life memory.