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Caribbean Explorer II - Trip Report - 11/10-17, 2012
A Reef shark, turtle and a huge sting ray were the welcoming committee for the first dive at Customs House. It was a turtle kind of day as there were several small juvenile turtles at Tent Wall as a well as a huge 7 foot green eel that was free swimming along the top of the reef, trying to find cover and not fitting in any of the holes he tried. The night dive at Torrens Point was a huge hit with a lobster the size of a small dog, porcelain crabs, bi colored flat worms and a nurse shark.
Monday Tedran Wall was a great start to our day with great visibility and little to no current. Tent Reef delivered as always. The afternoon dive provided great excitement with a huge lobster, turtles and an octopus that entertained Kay and Cindy for the majority of their dive. The guests were anxious to get back in for the late afternoon dive to see what else was going to entertain them.
Tuesday Was a sharktastic day all around we started with the pinnacle with 5 reef sharks and a couple of nurse sharks. We then headed to Big Rock Market where we had a small reef shark cruise past and a tiny baby nurse shark was sleeping under a coral head it was only about a foot long. We rounded the afternoon at Tent Reef and off the deep mooring we had 3 reef sharks cruise by. Tent reef also delivered several octopi.
Wednesday in St. Kitts we spent the day at Sandy Point starting at paradise reef. The guests were treated to an octopus during the day. Anchors Away was our second destination and the guests loved finding all the anchors. There was a bit of current but that didnt keep the turtles away or the guests from enjoying the afternoon dive. After enjoying Larrys fish dinner the guests had a spectacular night dive on Paradise reef with long horn nudibranchs, octopus, squid, a couple of free swimming eels and a hoard of sting rays playing in the sand. Truly paradise for the guests.
Thursday - Old road bay had a special on octopus as there were 4 octopus within a 4 foot squared area right under the boat. We have never seen so many octopi that close together. We finished the day at the River Taw, always a treat with decorator crabs, a huge turtle the size of a small car that had 3 huge Remora on it the size of small nurse sharks. Everyone was quite excited after the night dive.
Friday We finished the week at Monkey Shoals where it was a shark and octopus fest. Several nurse sharks and an octopus showing his stuff during the morning without a care in the world. Great visibility and a great way to end the week for our guests.
Our theme for the week was sharks, octopus and turtles
A Reef shark, turtle and a huge sting ray were the welcoming committee for the first dive at Customs House. It was a turtle kind of day as there were several small juvenile turtles at Tent Wall as a well as a huge 7 foot green eel that was free swimming along the top of the reef, trying to find cover and not fitting in any of the holes he tried. The night dive at Torrens Point was a huge hit with a lobster the size of a small dog, porcelain crabs, bi colored flat worms and a nurse shark.
Monday Tedran Wall was a great start to our day with great visibility and little to no current. Tent Reef delivered as always. The afternoon dive provided great excitement with a huge lobster, turtles and an octopus that entertained Kay and Cindy for the majority of their dive. The guests were anxious to get back in for the late afternoon dive to see what else was going to entertain them.
Tuesday Was a sharktastic day all around we started with the pinnacle with 5 reef sharks and a couple of nurse sharks. We then headed to Big Rock Market where we had a small reef shark cruise past and a tiny baby nurse shark was sleeping under a coral head it was only about a foot long. We rounded the afternoon at Tent Reef and off the deep mooring we had 3 reef sharks cruise by. Tent reef also delivered several octopi.
Wednesday in St. Kitts we spent the day at Sandy Point starting at paradise reef. The guests were treated to an octopus during the day. Anchors Away was our second destination and the guests loved finding all the anchors. There was a bit of current but that didnt keep the turtles away or the guests from enjoying the afternoon dive. After enjoying Larrys fish dinner the guests had a spectacular night dive on Paradise reef with long horn nudibranchs, octopus, squid, a couple of free swimming eels and a hoard of sting rays playing in the sand. Truly paradise for the guests.
Thursday - Old road bay had a special on octopus as there were 4 octopus within a 4 foot squared area right under the boat. We have never seen so many octopi that close together. We finished the day at the River Taw, always a treat with decorator crabs, a huge turtle the size of a small car that had 3 huge Remora on it the size of small nurse sharks. Everyone was quite excited after the night dive.
Friday We finished the week at Monkey Shoals where it was a shark and octopus fest. Several nurse sharks and an octopus showing his stuff during the morning without a care in the world. Great visibility and a great way to end the week for our guests.
Our theme for the week was sharks, octopus and turtles
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