Voyage of the sv Lady H: Diving South Caicos

We so enjoyed the first two dives and Greg was such a great Dive master that he made arrangements for us to take a third dive, albeit at 7:30 the next morning because his boat was full for the 9:00 dive and he was pulling his boat out and returning to the States for a month or two after that. Another stroke of luck…and this time I will say that the pictures somehow do not give the diving here its justice. But, you know…I still took the pictures…and I will share them with you…The very first sight as we got into the water....

These two Queen Angelfish are the reason that I got to 116 feet....

This is a view down the "wall"...from 90 feet (where we were) to 1000 feet (we didn't go there)!!!

This was a first....Hogfish...

This is the Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber...just thought you all would want to see this...

This is Paul and the Dive master, Greg....guess which one looks like the tank is leaking!!! Oh, yes, it is the great lung capacity of Paul!!!

Lots of Horse-eyed Jacks...

Also lots of Black Durgon...but hard to get a good shot!

Very large Ray...

A look down the "wall"....

Staghorn Coral...

Indigo Hamlet...

Whitespotted Filefish (Orange Phase)...

Another Whitespotted Filefish...

Nassau Grouper...Paul says they are rare in the Bahamas because of over fishing...

Ocean Triggerfish...they swim so funny that getting a good shot is very difficult...

Another Ocean Triggerfish....they seem to "flop" from side to side...

Convoluted Barrel Sponge...

And...if only I could identify all of this beautiful stuff...

One of my favorites...Honeycomb Cowfish

A couple of firsts...Pederson Cleaner Shrimp and Corkscrew Anemome...

The Wall.....

Gray Angelfish....

Paul and Greg along the wall...91 feet...

Black Baracuda...I so wanted to go down to visit him...but this was our second dive and I had already gone down to 116 feet on the first...so I was good and only went to 82 feet on my second dive...

The second dive was an airplace wreck...a drug running plane...this is looking inside one of the windows...Grooved Brain Coral and Leathery Barrel Sponge....

This is looking through the airplane...Paul swam through among the Schoolmaster Snappers...and I'm wondering if in the background...is that a shark???