i was supposed to pick up Asayama-san up at 2pm yesterday afternoon. i get a call at 1pm and he tells me he’d rather go diving. haha. i say “of course!” that ended up being a good decision because after 10 days of surfing, i’m sure he needed to rest. and the best way to rest is to free dive!
we dive 3 spots. first stop was diving with 3 sharks and one turtle. another first time experience for him.
second dive was another turtle spot. i’m trying to teach Asayama-san how to make turtles curious. if you swim towards them, they will swim away. if you swim on the side of them, they will come in and say hi.
just watching him all afternoon going up and down was pretty cool. it’s our 4th free diving session and i can see a big difference in confidence underwater. that is huge!
and we have our underwater sign language. i’m always diving down after Asayama-san to see if he is ok. in this case, he’s ok.
it’s crazy how deeper and deeper Asayama-san is going on each dive. wherever i anchor the boat, he dives to the bottom no matter what. this time, it was 34′ and pretty deep. i didn’t think he would go down, and actually touch the bottom. in fact, i couldn’t believe it!
and coming up very slowly like you’re supposed to.
i had one eye on Asayama-san, and one eye on the fish. and when i seen something delicious, i’d go down and spear it.
the one on the left for sashimi, the one on the right for the steamer.
i love eating this fish. the best sashimi!
so i get home and fillet the fish. now going to let it sit in the refrigerator for a day and eat it sashimi style!
