Pebble beach (Calpe)

Glow sticks were being snapped on and we entered the water just after sunset. Beneath the blackened surface of the Mediterranean Sea I was leading Eduardo, an advanced student on his first night dive. Along with us were two Belgian holidaymakers and a French couple. About 20 minutes into the dive, somewhere near to the yachting marina of Calpe I saw Eduardo sweeping the bottom. Just as I was wondering what he was doing he brought me something he had just found. He showed me two coins; one with a figure of Pegasus (the winged Horse) and the other one with the figure of a roman two-horse chariot. Calpe was an important Roman settlement so it's not unthinkable that there may still be some artefacts lying around. This was one happy Eduardo. He also passed his course with flying colours.

If I think of all the dives that I have made here, never finding anything of interest…There is an old Chinese saying; Seeking fish? Don't dive in the pond; go home and get a net. So maybe some day I will see you out there at my favourite dive site, be sure to say hello! I'll be the guy with the metal detector ;-)

Peter Esser - La Marina
founder costablancascuba.com