10 Dec 05

We did these 2 dives on 36% and 40% Nitrox respectively to reduce our surface interval and the lengthy deco stops that we had ended up doing on other double dives at Anchor reef. Dive 176 we took our newly purchased reel along for the ride. We had to use them to recover the deco bar which came off it's clips even before we entered the water. We circumnavigated the reef, finding the juvenile PJ and lots of nudies. We had left a slate tied to a rope near the anchor and some-one had visited and written on it. This proves that other divers have been here. Dive 177 we went East and ended up at a cave where we found 2 sea horses. We found a small admiralty anchor this time, the same one as from our dive on 19 Nov 05.