Dive 2 - From Stern to Bow Date : Day 1 - 13:05 Place : Larnaca - Zenobia Visibility : 30m Temp: Air : 28 C Water : 26 C

After a good surface interval we were ready to go back in. For the 2nd dive of the day you just leave all your kit on the RHIB, so they can just swap your cylinder.

This time I'd opted to switch to Nitrox in an attempt of avoiding deco obligations.

Different buddy this time. Since Tanya only had one more dive on the Zen, she was being taken inside the accommodation deck. I on the other hand, had 2 weeks to take it all in, so instructor Jason would take me along the outside again, this time starting at the stern and working our way along.

We descended down the line and then carried on all the way down to the propeller at around 27m.

It was huge! Each blade was taller than me, you certainly wouldn't want to be anywhere near this sucker when it's in motion.

Swimming around the stern is like being at the side of a sky-scraper, just one long flat wall, and we were crossing in the middle of it.

As we got around the other side, Jason lead me through a little swim-through to bring us out on deck facing the rear of the upper car deck.

Slung across the bottom are a few trucks but one is sort of tied to the deck of the ship. It must have either fallen out of the car deck, or was parked outside. The cabin is facing up but the back of the truck is inverted on the bottom on the ship with the wheels showing.

A quick nosey in the cabin, we started to slowly ascent and work our way towards the bow. Crossing over the life boats we were greeted by several other divers, this was the busiest I'd seen the wreck my entire stay.

By the time we'd reached the bow line, I was down to my last minute of bottom time (guess the Nitrox was doing the trick).

Another great dive to complete my first day on the Zenobia and I haven't even seen the inside yet.