Warm Sunny Ocean?

Day 9 started off by boarding a small vessel to head to Green Island and from there we then would take another trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Now when most people think of the reef and beaches you think of nice sunny weather right? Wrong! It was a very dreary day! It started off by raining on and off all day and it took up until 2 p.m. for the sun to come out! We were all hoping that we would finally get a break when we got up north but I guess we were all wrong! The weather wasn't the only bad deal for the day but the boat ride was also rough, and i mean it was rough! It got so bad that a few people had to go up on the to deck to not bring their breakfast back up! I love roller coasters and that is exactly what the boat felt like, an hour long roller coaster! Once we were at the reef it was beautiful though! The sun had come up and the wind had died down, leaving a fairly warm and sunny afternoon! We all went snorkeling and a few even went scuba diving! I found that scuba diving was quite an experience and would do it again in a heart beat! While I was down there I got to see a shark, a ton of different types of pretty colored fish, and beautiful coral. After our adventure at the reef we took another hour boat ride home, which was rougher than the ride there! I know that there were a few of us that went air bourn on one wave! It was an adventure that I will never forget and I loved seeing how nature does it's thing over millions of years!Catch ya later.... Schaake