Tim Dronfield (choice) - Scuba Diving

 December 10 2020

Scuba Diving

    I have been scuba diving for a few years and I have only gone on a small number of dives. Most of my diving has been done in the Florida Keys or in the nearby diving lake Lake Phoenix. The two places are very different in both water clarity and fish abundance. But the thing that struck me the most is the presence of surge and natural water movement in the ocean compared to the lake. Now it seems pretty obvious that the ocean would have more movement. The ocean has waves and a lake doesn't. But the part that was really interesting is the fact that the movement of the waves reaches all the way to the bottom.

    As I was floating above a reef neutrally buoyant, I noticed the natural movement of the fish. The fish and I were moving in the same manner. As the waves passed 30 feet above us the surge would move us both back and forth. This natural and incredibly peaceful feeling was incredible. It was such a small thing and a very brief moment. But for that short time I was wholly in the moment and fully feeling the movement of the water and taking in the beauty of the reef and the fish I was swimming with.

    Thinking back on this moment I realize that diving is another type of experience where you can, very briefly, get away from the bustle of everyday life. You can go into nature, to depths that most people never reach. The ocean is even more unpredictable than the wilderness and that unpredictability can lead to new experiences every time you get in the water.

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