Since we were leaving for our sailing trip to Cayos Cochinos these were to be our last boat dives
from Miss Kary with Captain Morgan's. We were very excited as the decision was made to head to the south side of Utila, specifically to do a wreck dive, right in Utila harbour. The ship is called The Halliburton, sunk specifically for diving reasons 30 m below the sea level. Because this was a deep dive, we knew that it would last less than the others, since air consumption is increased the deeper we dove. We first dropped off the open water students at a shallower site close by, then our turn came - we descended straight down to the bottom, slowly to give us a chance to equalize properly, and we found ourselves looking up at a huge ship. We first circled it at the bottom, then 
rose a few meters and went over, and then right into the cargo hull. There were even pockets of air from all the other divers who have passed through, and we heard stories of people taking out their regulators to breath normally at 30 m depth, something we did not dare try due to nitrogen narcosis (the hallucinogenic effect of diving in deep water).
We then continued to rise a few more meters, went around the cabin, and then right through it - it is a bit of a rite of passage when exploring the Halliburton to be inside of the cabin, at the helm of the ship, pretending to be the underwater
captain. There is even a poster above the helm that claims "Jesus was a Pirate!", so everytime we heard that expression after our dive we knew it was coming from someone who had explored the wreck. Unfortunately our experience at the Halliburton did not last that long, and about half an hour later, after a 5 minute mandatory safety stop we got back on the boat to go retrieve the others from the nearby site. Our surface time was spent traveling to our second location, named Little Bight. This site was well known for its seahorses, and we were also looking forward to it since we had never seen them before (outside of an aquarium anyway). Our two Aussie friends, Ian and Koki, had taken out the camera that day, and they promised to share them with us. We saw at least 5 different sea horses, though not quite what you would expect after watching "The Little Mermaid" as they were mostly green like seaweeds, and again, there was no singing, dancing or crab with a Jamaican accent playing steeldrums. We also saw many brown garden eels, which looked like sea grass until we approached them 
and they retreated in the sand. After the dives, our regular schedule continued, we had lunch at Fishburgers, and then a quick snorkel in the afternoon, followed by sunset and dinner with Koki and Ian at Cayview Restaurant. The evening was topped off by watching shooting stars above us and lightning in the distance, feeling a bit sad that we were leaving the following day.
from Miss Kary with Captain Morgan's. We were very excited as the decision was made to head to the south side of Utila, specifically to do a wreck dive, right in Utila harbour. The ship is called The Halliburton, sunk specifically for diving reasons 30 m below the sea level. Because this was a deep dive, we knew that it would last less than the others, since air consumption is increased the deeper we dove. We first dropped off the open water students at a shallower site close by, then our turn came - we descended straight down to the bottom, slowly to give us a chance to equalize properly, and we found ourselves looking up at a huge ship. We first circled it at the bottom, then 
rose a few meters and went over, and then right into the cargo hull. There were even pockets of air from all the other divers who have passed through, and we heard stories of people taking out their regulators to breath normally at 30 m depth, something we did not dare try due to nitrogen narcosis (the hallucinogenic effect of diving in deep water).We then continued to rise a few more meters, went around the cabin, and then right through it - it is a bit of a rite of passage when exploring the Halliburton to be inside of the cabin, at the helm of the ship, pretending to be the underwater
captain. There is even a poster above the helm that claims "Jesus was a Pirate!", so everytime we heard that expression after our dive we knew it was coming from someone who had explored the wreck. Unfortunately our experience at the Halliburton did not last that long, and about half an hour later, after a 5 minute mandatory safety stop we got back on the boat to go retrieve the others from the nearby site. Our surface time was spent traveling to our second location, named Little Bight. This site was well known for its seahorses, and we were also looking forward to it since we had never seen them before (outside of an aquarium anyway). Our two Aussie friends, Ian and Koki, had taken out the camera that day, and they promised to share them with us. We saw at least 5 different sea horses, though not quite what you would expect after watching "The Little Mermaid" as they were mostly green like seaweeds, and again, there was no singing, dancing or crab with a Jamaican accent playing steeldrums. We also saw many brown garden eels, which looked like sea grass until we approached them 
and they retreated in the sand. After the dives, our regular schedule continued, we had lunch at Fishburgers, and then a quick snorkel in the afternoon, followed by sunset and dinner with Koki and Ian at Cayview Restaurant. The evening was topped off by watching shooting stars above us and lightning in the distance, feeling a bit sad that we were leaving the following day. 
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