Wednesday....

What a great day!

Today started as usual...Up at 6, and coffee. To the boat I went and found that Marco had already preloaded. I put my gear on board and headed to breakfast. Omelette and bacon were this morning's fare.

I went over to the red boat and had Kirk help me with my dive briefing. He was a big help. Thanks Kirk!

At 8:15 I gave my first dive briefing for the divesite Carib Wall. It went very well. The guests cheered me when I completed. What a great boat. Alejandra got some pics that are posted below.

We headed out to the dive site and the conditions were great. The fish were plentiful. As we were making our way along the wall, Marco spotted a large hawksbill sea turtle. I will try to get pics a little later. It swam with all of the divers before loosing interest and heading off into deep water. What a treat! As we continued along the wall 3 or 4 seahorses were found. A little later a 6' green moray decided to check everyone out. He gave those with cameras and GoPro's a treat as he came right up to the lens! He swam under me and continued, what I thought along the wall. I was the last diver in the group, and what I didn't see was that the eel doubled back. I felt something bump my leg, and when I looked down, it was the moray coming up between my legs! He swam up to my chest before heading back towards the rest of the group. Not too scary, just startling when you aren't expecting it!

He headed over to Marco and then lost interest. We continued our dive to the point, and turned around and came back on the top of the wall. Fish were everywhere!

We all got back on the boat, and did our surface interval in the bight at Parrot Tree.  After the interval we headed to Newmans Wall for the dropoff. Back we went to the docks after all of the divers were safely in the water.

 Lunch was cheese burgers and fries with chocolate chip cookies.

After lunch, we reloaded the boat and headed out to First Bight Wall. By this time the winds had died down, and the ride was much calmer. We dropped in and were immediately treated to another turtle. He swam around for a while before getting bored and swimming off. This was another site with seahorses and loads of fish. On the way back to the boat, I even saw a school of permit! Another great dive!

We did our surface interval in First Bight, and then readied the guests for their drop off on Coco View Wall.

We headed back to the docks to get everything cleaned for the day. Wow, what a day!

 Dinner was lasagna and garlic bread with tiramisu. What an end to the day!

 Just what will tomorrow bring?!