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Nurse Shark

Dive #1 Coral Stairway - The Stairway is a wide depression in the well with plate coral that steps down quickly to over 100ft, then drops off into the blue. Heading south the wall is composed of buttresses and deep narrow cracks that shelter all kinds of life. A hawksbill turtle, a reef shark and a spotted morray were the cool finds on this dive!
Dive #2 Thunderdome - Looking through the colapsed sections of the dome, we saw a school of spotted goat fish, gray and mutton snappers and a couple of barracuda. At the end of the dive there was a nice nurse shark resting under a coral ledge.

Reef Octopus

Dive #1 Elephant Ear Canyon - Another beautiful day with very little wind and scattered clouds.  Our first stop underwater was the canyon where an eleven foot elephant ear sponge used to reside until it mysteriously disappeared.  Under the boat, hundreds of garden eels covered the sand like a green carpet. Highlights of the dive included 3 spotted eagle rays, a reef shark,
Dive #2 Tons of Sponge - Capt Dave's favorite site! This steep then sloping wall is home to pretty much any sponge you can imagine in the Caribbean. The constant nutrient flow off the shallow banks, brings in pelagics to feed. More spotted eagle rays were seen and an octopus spotted Capt Dave before he saw it and blew an ink cloud in his face! He then scuttled off under a coral head where he could rest after his frightful scare!

Hawksbill Turtle

Dive #1 Amphitheatre - The wall drops vertically to an amphitheater formation that is undercut 10-15 feet to a sandy bottom in 90 feet. In front of the amphitheater is a buttress with some beautiful examples of plate corals. A hawksbill turtle almost ran the group of divers over - instead he went right through the middle of the divers. A reef shark also swam by pretty close - a great thrill!
Dive #2 Two Step - The garden eels today here were all closely living together giving the sand a "moving" appearance - they are not so close together usually.  A huge porcupine fish and an arrow crab were some cool things to look at.

Arrow Crab

Dive #1 Grouper Hole - The mooring is by a deep narrow crevice, the Grouper Hole, with a large coral head in the middle of a sand chute that leads divers to a gently sloping wall that plateaus at 90 to 100 feet. We were greeted by a huge nurseshark at the beginning of the dive and then saw a ton of little things - an arrow crab and banded coral shrimp were very active today!
Dive #2 Crocodile - A perfect day for the bay...ahhh.... summer... as soon as we jumped in a hawksbill turtle settled into the coral for a rest. He patiently posed for a photoshoot then off he went!  A few minutes later a smaller and mellow turtle swam by checking us out - more photo opportunities! Big caribbean spiney lobsters and a saddle blenny were also seen.

Goldentail Moray

Dive #1 The Crack - The plate coral here is quite cool - there is a wide crevasse ('the crack") that brings you out on the wall around 75 feet right above a very large clump of black coral. A reef shark and a turtle swam by us while down on the wall - great dive!
Dive #2  Eel Garden -  A great vertical wall leads you to a wide bay. Look down onto a huge sand patch in 130+ ft, there are often sharks cruising there - but not today.  We swam back to the boat by way of the very large sand patch that is home to thousands of garden eels and feeding stingrays and a little goldentail moray.

School of Horse-eyed Jacks

Dive #1 Aquarium West - This fishbowl like dive lived up to its name - tons of fish everywhere!  Schools of Atlantic spade fish, horse eyed jacks, and chubs.  Spiny and spotted lobsters waved their antennas at us while we looked at hamlets.
Dive #2  Graceland -Our second dive of the day would not have been complete without seeing "Lisa Marie" a 3ft great barracuda!  Unfortunately "Elvis" a 5 ft barracuda has left the building!  We saw tons of lobster and a rare find.... a one inch sized channel clinging crab - the smallest we've ever seen! They grow to be around 1 foot or 12 times bigger than what we saw today! A nice finish to an awesome day underwater!

Fingerprint Cyphoma

Dive #1 Cathedral - Today was one of those days that proves to those that say they only dive from the southside of the island, don't know what they are talking about. What a truly wonderful dive! Divers were blessed with a nurse shark encounter then a reef shark and lastly with a baby turtle that was still struggling with basic swimming 101 - what a treat!
Dive #2  Catacombs -  With all the activity on the first dive, divers were anxious to get right back in for more encounters.  A somewhat rare fingerprint cyphoma (very much like a flamingo tongue) stole the show!

Broad Band Moray

Dive #1 Coral Stairway - The dive started out with a graceful eagleray and just got better and better!  A spotted lobster, tons of different kinds of blennies, a goldentail moray and 2 spotted morays made this an exciting dive.
Dive #2  Boat Cove -  Wow! There were about 20 southern stingrays all milling about on this dive! Oscar the grouch, a broad banded eel lives at this site and we located him.  There were 2 sharks at the end of the dive - what a great second dive.

Hawksbill Turtle

Dive #1 Piranha Cove - A large hawksbill turtle appeared at the beginning of the dive and was in no hurry to leave.  The groupers were quite large today and seemed to be everywhere - what a great first dive!
Dive #2  Graceland -  The mini wall here is one of the best places to see tons of small critters like the yellow tail damsel fish with it's electric blue spots.  Like the first dive, there was a hawksbill turtle here that hung out with the divers.

Indigo Hamlet

Dive #1 The Crack - The weather has been so fabulous that once again we find ourselves at NW Point.  The "Crack" is never a bad dive - starting with a shark right under the boat down to all the wonderful blennies and anemone shrimp and red banded lobsters seen here today.
Dive #2  Eel Garden -  The little wiggles of the garden eels can't help but make you wonder how they know where their hole is, just in time to duck down as you swim by. More small critters and a nice indigo hamlet made this a wonderful second dive of the day.

Spotted Moray

Dive #1 Amphitheatre - We were greeted by a pod of dolphins who unfortunately disappeared by the time we got in for the dive. Nonetheless it was a fantastic dive slender file fish, a bunch of blennies and schooling jacks in the "amphitheatre" where they commonly are - today was no exception.
Dive #2  Shark Hotel -   One of customers favorite sites, the wonderful coral and wall formations are homes for many critters. Today no sharks swam by, but it was a fantastic dive with a spotted moray, a southern stingray, squid and tons of fish!

Healthy Coral

Dive #1 Eagles Nest - This site is right next to Two Step and sports a wonderful wall where eagle rays love to cruise by. Only one was spotted today, as well as a caribbean reef shark.  The coral along this dive is very colorful and healthy.
Dive #2  Chimney -  The "chimney" like chute at this dive site exits deep along the wall - a little too deep for dive #2, so the divers stayed along the top.  The dive followed the sheer vertical walls covered with tube and barrel sponges. Schooling fish, a green and a spotted moray were the highlights of this dive.

Blue Headed Wrasse

Dive #1 Black Coral Forest - This is one of our customers favorite sites as there is so much black coral and at unusually shallow depths of 50-60 feet.  There is no harvesting of it here, so that is why it is so healthy!
Dive #2 Piranha Cove -  This site is named after the Provo Piranhas (yellow tail snappers) that school here along with the blue headed wrasse. The mini wall juts out to give the impression that you've just done a long dive - in fact the boat sits right over the buttress above the divers.  A juvenile yellow tail damsel fish with it's electric blue spots was the cool find of the day.

Diver at Coral Stairway

Dive #1 Coral Stairway - The coral formations that give this site its name, are home to a ton of lobsters - today the spiny lobsters were out and about and there was a giant channel clinging crab.
Dive #2 Boneyard -  The dead staghorn coral that once was everywhere giving this site it's name, "Boneyard", has started rejuvenating which is always a good thing to see.  Red banded cleaner shrimp were found amongst the coral. Indigo hamlets were also on this dive with their beautiful blue coloring darting around the reef.  A very good dive!

Wire Coral Shrimp

Slender File Fish

Dive #1 Two Step Wall - This site is always beautiful as a first or second dive and provides the best chance for divers to see eagle rays.  We didn't see any today but we did see a small reef shark, a southern stingray and a peacock flounder to keep the divers entertained.
Dive #2 Black Coral Forest -  Captain "D" shot macro at one of his favorite "critter dives".  He found arrow blennies, decorator crabs, wire coral shrimp and several slender file fish.  For fans of the "big stuff" a huge nurseshark made an appearance and a hawksbill turtle had close encounters with divers and snorkelers. 

Dive #1 Grand Canyon - One of the prettiest dives as far as coral formations, this site is home to many small or juvenile critters.  Lisa, one of the divemasters, found a beautiful juvenile queen angel fish.
Dive #2 Eel Garden -  This site has a huge sand patch that is home to a million garden eels, their snake-like bodies can be seen from pretty far away - but when divers get close they quickly back down, into their holes in the sand and peek just their little eyes back out at you.  On the trip home, there was a huge loggerhead turtle that gave off a great surface show for all on the boat.

Aug 16, 2006
2 boats out

Silversides at The Crack

Dwarf Blenny

Dive #1 Amphitheatre - The natural coral formations in the shape of an amphitheatre is always a great dive. A big southern stingray cruised by the drop-off to start the dive off. A lot of lovely black coral and the red banded lobsters hiding inside the amphitheatre make this a memorable dive for sure!
Dive #2 The Crack -  A lovely reef shark swam right up to the first group of divers to showing off his massive 5 foot size!  A southern stingray lay buried in the sand just before the crack.  A spotted moray stuck his head out to say hi as the divers swam by.

Dive #1 Grand Canyon - Lobsters everywhere! The plate corals that give this dive site it's name, were alive with reef fish with cleaning stations every so often.  Quite a wonderful dive with no current.
Dive #2 The Thunderdome -  This leftover dome from a French Television show, collapsed when Hurricane Francis blew by in 2004.  But the blennies have made their homes on all the bars that are covered with soft corals.  Their little orange eyes kept us in their sights during our dive.

Reef Shark

Dive #1 Aquarium - What a fabulous dive! Fish were everywhere and true to the name of the site, this was an "aquarium" experience. Schools of atlantic spade fish, horse-eyed jacks, grunts, creoles and more - too many to name.
Dive #2 Graceland - The 2nd dive today was a little uneventful compared to the first dive, but still a great dive.  A school of squid, a reef shark, and flamingo tongues were the great things to see.

Secretary Blenny

Dive #1 Shark Hotel - Descending down from the boat to this wonderful dive is always a treat.  A massive channel clinging crab and a huge spotted lobster were the first delights seen.  They cool coral formations of the "hotel" are home to many critters.  A hawksbill turtle showed up for the end of a very nice dive.
Dive #2 Eel Garden - This was a "rare" sightings dive - red banded lobster, wire coral shrimp, red banded cleaner shrimp were everywhere! The mooring block is home to many blennies for those of you that like to find the small critters.

Juvenile Spotted Drum

Dive #1 Eagle Ray Pass - This big sand-bowl site is usually home to a ton of eagle rays.  With all the sightings yesterday, there were high hopes in repeating the encounter - but not a single eagle ray was to be seen.  It was however, a very nice dive.
Dive #2 Catacombs - This wonderful dive site is home to all the small critters - finger print cyphomas, blennies, and cleaner shrimps were everywhere!

Eagle Rays

Dive #1 Football Field - If you were lucky enough to be on this dive today - and you love eagle rays - then you would have had the time of your life. There were more eagle rays than you could count! There were groupings of 3, 5 and 6. Captain Murray had the double treat of an eagle ray show as 3 of them danced around for the longest time. Definitely a dive to remember!
Dive #2 Cathedral - After the first dive of the day, this was a little anti-climatic. Nonetheless it was a fabulous dive! Tons of fish and the mini-wall of the "cathedral" always make for a relaxing and enjoyable dive.