Wednesday was a full day. In the morning we did a shore dive at Weber’s Joy, and got banged around quite a bit coming out of the water. Instead of a second dive, Paul took us on a tour of the island. For better or worse, I didn’t have my camera with me that morning – I’d intended to put it in the rinse bag, but forgot. Probably just as well, considering how rough the surf was.
For the afternoon, I did a pair of dives off the dock. The first one I did with Ralph, and deliberately decided to go a bit deeper than I’d been going, and the second one was a short half hour dive by myself. Since I was planning this second dive to only last a half hour, I felt free to go down to fifty feet or so. Because there’s less ambient light exposure on these two dives, and because these pictures were shot against the reef wall, I think they came out better than some of the other dives.
Honeycomb Cowfish
Vase Sponge and Schoolmaster Snapper
Vase Sponge
Coral
Coral and Threespot Damsellfish
Coral and Threespot Damsellfish
Juvenile Threespot Damselfish
Cleaner Shrimp
Queen Parrotfish, terminal phase
Pillar Coral
Smallmouth Grunt
Scrawled Filefish
Groupers
Creole Wrasses
Tete-a-tete: Schoolmaster snapper and brown chromis
Creole Wrasses and Brown Chromis
Schoolmaster Snapper
Creole Wrasse
Blackbar Soldierfish
Stoplight Parrotfish, initial phase
Sand Diver Lizardfish
Longjaw Squirrelfish
Buddy Dive, as seen from the end of the dock. Ralph's in the center
Tonight was Paul’s Steak, Fish or Chicken dinner. It was also the wedding dinner for Jack’s daughter. I’m not going to post pictures of the couple or the families here without permission, but I can share these two pictures:
Chef Paul
The Wedding Cake