Diving on the Freighter
By Jason Ogg
Grade 5
March 29, 2012
As I strapped my BCD on I knew even then that this would be
an interesting dive as all other dives are. My dive instructor said that we
would only observe a reef and then surface. I wasn't ready for the adventure
that was about to begin. As I stepped off the boat into the water I could
already feel energy surging through my body.
As we descended I could see the beauty of the reef. “What an amazing creation!” I thought. “Every bit of it depicts God's glory.” I started noticing less and less marine life until there was none at all! “Wow, it's getting pretty cold down here,” I thought. “We must be pretty deep!” Then I saw it, a massive wall of coral! I didn't know it then but this was the Henry Lieth, a freighter that was pulled over here to use for dives. As we approached the ship my dive master swam over to the side of the ship and detached a clam from it. He then pried the poor mollusk open and began tapping at the meat inside! Some fish swam over and started nipping at the loose meat! After that interesting turn of events, we swam over to a hole in the wreck. We saw schools of fish swimming in a hole of refuge. Finally, the dive master motioned it was time to ascend. As we surfaced I felt the comforting warmth of the upper ocean. What an amazing dive!
As we descended I could see the beauty of the reef. “What an amazing creation!” I thought. “Every bit of it depicts God's glory.” I started noticing less and less marine life until there was none at all! “Wow, it's getting pretty cold down here,” I thought. “We must be pretty deep!” Then I saw it, a massive wall of coral! I didn't know it then but this was the Henry Lieth, a freighter that was pulled over here to use for dives. As we approached the ship my dive master swam over to the side of the ship and detached a clam from it. He then pried the poor mollusk open and began tapping at the meat inside! Some fish swam over and started nipping at the loose meat! After that interesting turn of events, we swam over to a hole in the wreck. We saw schools of fish swimming in a hole of refuge. Finally, the dive master motioned it was time to ascend. As we surfaced I felt the comforting warmth of the upper ocean. What an amazing dive!
