Dive 17 – The Lake
90 ft/49 minutes
NICE double reef.
Fairly easy entry… Worth doing again.
Spent quite a bit of time out on the second reef because the coral was
in such good shape and really fishy.
Dive 18 – Pink Beach
116 ft/52 minutes
Surface Interval :28 Minutes
Surface Interval :28 Minutes
General fun in harassing a large (the biggest yet) lionfish
that was out in the sand channel between the reef steps – see the photos.
That HUGE Lionfish, large enough that Mary was essentually hiding behind it in this photo. Notice her yellow fin.
Mary and I took turns taking photos as the beast turned it's fins from her to me. That is their defense mechanism - if you get too close to a Lionfish you end up looking at their butts.
Mary, Photobombing the Lionfish.
Dive 19 – Captain Don’s
Habitat, Via Buddy Dive
98 ft/48 minutes
It was ok. We swam
over from Buddy Dive. The wall wasn't
entirely vertical – more of a slope. Saw
a Black Durgeon, lots of file fish, and a lot of eels, etc…
French Angels in a wreck at Capt Don's.
Another eel...
Maryphotobombing another eel.
Yet another eel.
Dive 20 – Bonaire Oceanfront
Apartments House Reef – Night/Flouro
73 ft/59 minutes
Last dive of the trip.
It started out lame. I only had
video lights so had to stay with Mary.
Half way through it was starting to feel like a bust but then we started
seeing eels everywhere. Sharp-tail eels
in a pile and lots of spotted eels out hunting culminating in a large spotted
coming out into the open, being aggressive to my camera, then swimming into a
crevice in the mooring and snatching a male sergeant major for dinner. How cool to watch the eel eat – if a bit
creepy.
Mary photographing those little eels.
You can see a silver Tarpon cruising behind the eels.
A closer view.
This guy was about 4 feet long and is the subject of the video below.
Listen carefully and you can hear Mary laugh.
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