SURVIVOR ROATAN, Dateline: CoCoView, Day 12, Thursday May 27, 2004
I was served with eviction papers today. CCV puts info about your departure on the bed on Thursdays. Today it was
my turn.
It has been a great two weeks of diving, and if it all holds together, I’m looking at 62 dives.
Last night was a ‘solo dive’ for me as most went out on the ‘boat night dive’. I’m too cheap plus I like the shore dive
too much, so I stayed here with great result. Three small Octopuppies on the chain, 1”, 4” and 6”. None were playful
or communicative and one inked me.
9 seperate Orange Ball Corellamorphs on the wreck, and since I was the first and only visitor that night, I conclude
that even a slight invasion by dive lights is enough to make them pack up and go home. Previous nights I only saw
three maybe five of them.
This morning, we did Calvins Crack (I jumped boats so I could do it the third or fourth time in two weeks) and I did
it with my new dive buddy, Tom, who has been dry for 10 years. After some minor fussing about, he got his buoyancy
and off we went. Once again, we saw the Juvenile Spotted Drum as well as the adult.
On the drop off back home, we saw the 16” Spotted Eagle, and also was seen a Southern Stingray of 2’ spand as well
as the most dangerous creature on the reef, the Mantis Shrimp was well out of his hole. Anemone Shrimps have been
quite visible.
The Afternoon dive, I returned to the new Mr Bud Wreck to complete the mapping survey for the dive sight briefing
graphic.
The participants in the Shark dive had a ball. They say it was well run and attended. The beasts were close enough to
be touched- altho ill advised.
Oh, BTW, there seems to be yet another colony of Garden Eels (or do you call them a "crop"?) in the front yard. These are at the far E corner of the buoyancy diamonds, I counted 7.
Many folks are packing off to Geo’s or Romeros restaurant in French Harbor, but once again, I’ll hange here for a
night dive, thank you
Too much diving to do.
eat night-dive sleep eat dive dive eat nap dive dive eat night-dive
That’s the CoCoView cycle.