I have been diving most days this week, instructing and generally helping out a dive centre here on Phuket. This morning, I had just one student as her brother, who was supposed to be diving too, wasn't feeling too well today. My son also had a couple of young kids he was taking diving.
My student, who is only 15 years old, turned out to be excellent. With a few more dives and a bit of theory work, she will be a really good diver. Some people get it from day one, others need a bit more coaching.
Saw lots of really cool stuff today. The visibility on dive number 1 this morning was really good and though it wasn't quite as good at the start of dive 2, on a different side of the reef, my student who had only dived once before, spotted a scorpion fish. I took her round the edge of the coral we were diving and spotted an even larger one at the other side. I found my son, diving with two kids of about 12 years old, and signalled to him to come and see (obviously we can't just speak under water) to bring his kids and take a look.
Scorpion fish are interesting, as they are not easy to spot as they blend in with their surroundings so well, and are highly venomous should you touch them.
Saw lots of other interesting stuff, pufferfish, cute little boxfish and thousands of other fish.