After five days on the island of Guadalupe and many hours spent observing the Great Whites (a stay that will be the subject of another post), to cut the trip back to Ensenada, Captain Stefan proposed to dive on San Martin Island. After traveling all night, the Nautilus Explorer was anchored near the small island. The interest to come here was to discover a forest of giant kelps, still little exploited. Despite the presence of fishermen / gatherers, the site remains very well supplied.
From our moment immersionwe saw that the visi was not at the top. The water was cloudy, milky limit. The surf did not help things. I doubt that we can have a good visi in these places.
The site offers a very special atmosphere. The giant kelps and the float kelps (bull kelp), two different species, interweave to form a dense forest, where one can get lost easily. We did not see any sea lions, but I suspect they saw us.
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http://bloc18.over-blog.com/2015/12/combo-guadalupe-san-benito-kelp-et-otaries-episode-3.html
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Cyril,
Living as a diving instructor is not the problem for me. Most diving clubs achieve a turnover of barely 100Keur. Out of the question for me to lead a project for such a low turnover, to struggle to find and have N4 / MF1 work voluntarily to get by and do boat transport for armed groups (who come self-supervised and equipped ). However, in France, the legislation on diving is very restrictive when considering recreational diving. Of course, in France, it is a sport with a high level of requirement (we speak of a specific environment). This is surely the reason why France trains the best instructors in the world, but unfortunately they have not learned anything in business and marketing.
My challenge will be to demonstrate that diving is a cool, cool, cool, high tech and fun activity. And I hope that I will have clients to cross a significant turnover bar to live properly.