A ripping current got us into the canyons with pelagics galore propping up in the current. I first dived this site in the mid 90s, eighteen years later, I am back for my fifth trip here. An extended bottom time saw a bluewater ascent with required decompression hanging from lift bags, pretty normal for here.
The second dive saw us back in Sabang Bay on a small wreck in a relatively shallow depth. On decompression dives I wear a dual computer for redundancy, this dive saw me wearing a Suunto D6, it was old stock from the dive shop and I decided to give it a try instead of selling it cheaply. The overly conservative nature of Suunto computers saw me back in slight decompression for this repetitive dive, no big deal I thought. The Titan triggerfish is a worthy adversary, a horrible and nasty fish the shape and colour of an Australian Rules football.
I saw this one coming, the big Titan looks at you in a certain manner, turns on its side and comes at you. I was beginning my ascent and moving towards my decompression ceiling, I was mid-water at a depth of six metres moving towards my three metre ceiling.
Nasty pieces of work, titan triggers. No sense of humour!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I seem to attract triggerfish attention, I would like to work out why so I stop doing it.
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