New life x2

So ya just never know. One day you could be diving just the same old reef and it turns into something really special. Let me splain!
For most folks that dive here every dive is an amazing dive! The reefs are rich and full and there is always something new to see. That is why people come back year after year to dive here. Most people could dive the same reef on a different day and not really know if it was the same reef or not. That is the magic of Cozumel diving and the reason most of my guests have been diving here for years. Ya just can't get enough?
Or can you? Truth be told it may be possible to get enough. I know what you are thinking! Is Scubatony getting burnt out? Could the dive junkie of all dive junkies really have had enough bottom time? Well I average about 350 dives in Cozumel each year. There are about 30 regularly dove sites here. So I get to see them all fairly regularly. Some are always great! Others are kinda the same old thing. Sad but I guess after 8.5 years of diving here I may have seen it all.
Then a day like today comes along and your perspective changes again.
I had three very nice older ladies diving with me. They picked me because they were looking for an operator who would give them a little extra TLC. That was no problem as they were very appreciative of everything extra Carlos and I did for them. They arrived at the end of a long busy time for me. I have been diving 14 days straight and just need a day off. But each day got better and better with them.
Today was their last dive day. I tried to take the day off but I guess fate had other plans for me. Turns out we had two of the most spectacular dives I have enjoyed in a long long time. Full of life and clear and warm. On the second dive (at Delila again) we saw a huge nurse shark 4 hawksbill turtles and an eagle ray! It's the trifecta! All three animals in the same dive. To top that off the eagle ray was way out of season. The last of the eagle rays is usually gone by March. I guess this guy was a late bloomer or maybe he is just early for next year? It was wonderful!
Then on the way back the cream de la cream! 10 years of diving all around the world and I have never seen one except in aquariums. It was a medium sized Mola mola (sunfish). We were right above paradise reef (the most commonly dove reef here) and a boat captain pointed it out to us. He did not know what it was only that it was big. When I jumped in with mask on I stuck my head up and yelled "it's a sunfish!" I then left my guests in a flash and swam towards this gentle giant. It was about 6 feet from head to tail but because of the strange body shape he was at least 8 ft top to bottom. He was not in a hurry but started to swim away from me. I was not chasing him but I did not want to loose him in the blue. Of course he headed for deeper blue water and after about 5 min I lost him. One of my ladies, Jackie, was able to just see the tail end of him as Carlos got the boat closer. I was winded from swimming so hard but very excited and so were the ladies. They were able to see it from the boat as Carlos was on top of it.
So just when you think you have seen it all in Cozumel you are humbled and reminded that you have never seen it all. It was a great day of diving and it renewed my excitement.
Of course I did not have my camera so I found these shots on the internet.
I'm still going to take the day off tomorrow!