Following my passion of Diving – Location: Maldives (Part-3)

My hopes were shattering as the clock was heading towards night…

Rain was getting heavier and heavier, the quantum was so much that, there was water logging outside the hotel and at nearby streets.

My heart was beating fast and mood was anxious.

Mind was refusing chance of diving tomorrow but heart was keeping hope alive.

Keeping hope alive, I went to my room to put an end to the day.

I still remember, I slept carefree entire night in order to stay calm for next day, this is also essential before going for the dive and the destiny was standing and waiting for my next day.

Morning, 4:30 A.M, I woke up as per plan, completed my daily routine, took some light breakfast which I had already kept in my room last night and fully prepared, I moved out of my room towards hotel exit gate.

My heart was beating fast to see the condition of weather.

Since it was dark, so nothing was visible from inside the hotel.

As I stepped out of the hotel, I found that it was not raining but the signs of last night heavy rains was clearly visible.

My first expression after watching the weather, can not be explained in words.

I looked up at the Sky and “Thanked” God for showing mercy on me.

My heart won the battle again.

This moment was one such moment, when my heart won the battle by keeping love of mother nature alive. I have been blessed many times by the mother nature, when my plea has been accepted by her and she had fulfilled my wish.

I rushed to the diving centre amidst water logged streets, dark street and an unknown street of an unknown country.

I reached diving centre, gave wake-up call to the staff on his mobile number and within ten minutes he reached the shop. The staff than started arrangement for dive, first he called boatman to take his consent, than called to dive master and finally he completed all the required formalities before the start of dive.

I took nearly 30 minutes to mobilize everyone and everything required to go for dive and for sure, my mood was beyond my control. Finally, I was going for dive, after  making so many failed attempts.

We boarded the dive boat along with all equipment and headed to the dive site. It was still dark but I could see the Crepuscular rays. I was not having any experience of diving at night and this fact was known to the Dive Master, so I was confident that, till the time we will reach the dive site, the sun would be visible.

Everything was now going as per plan and as expected.

While we were heading to the dive site, I asked my dive master, reason for early morning dive.

He told that, as per tide table, it is expected that the currents will be strong during morning and as the day will mature, the currents will become stronger, so in order to avoid strong currents while diving, it was planned to start early and finish early.

Our boat reached the dive point which was Madivaru Corner, famous world wide for Hammerhead Sharks…