erincherie
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Day one. 4-29-16
Monroe, La to Houston to Belize City to San Pedro. Easy flights, no issues. . Made it to San Pedro and Yvette met us at the airport. Loaded up the luggage and a short golf cart ride later we were at Belizean Reef. Third floor condo is nice and clean. Not luxurious, but well maintained and has everything we need. Ran to the grocery store for coffee and snacks and stuff for sandwiches. I was really surprised at the lack of selection on produce and fresh foods but maybe there is a bigger store somewhere. Watched a little tv, unpacked and headed to bed.
Day two. 4-30-16
Woke to heavy cloud cover and high winds at 22 mph. Didn't know if we would dive or not. Island Divers picked us up at the dock in front of the condo and we went to their shop to do paperwork and gear up. The boat ride out to the reef was crazy. We had 12 foot swells. It was like a roller coaster and one big wave broke over the bow and we all got unseated. We made it out, geared up and back roll into the water at San Pedro Canyons. On my decent there was a pretty nurse shark right below me. Probably 6 feet. A couple more showed up and all three shadowed us the whole dive. I could tell someone has been giving them treats because they weren't afraid of us at all. I also saw a big green sea turtle and a little one, a stingray, caught a glimpse of a couple Dolphins. Saw some fairy basslets which are my favorite little fish, parrotfish, a nice sized silver grouper, gray angelfish, queen triggerfish, a big crab, a box fish, squirrelfish and lots of little reef fish. We hung around the mooring line for a while and more nurse sharks showed up. While at our safety stop there were 9 circling below us with the largest being about 12 feet. It was tricky getting back in the boat with the huge swells, but we all made it. Even with taking Dramamine Andy barfed up his breakfast of course. In those seas I would have been shocked if he didn't. I was fine. No feeding the fish for me. Coming back in wasn't as harrowing since we kinda surfed the big swells back rather than hitting them head on.
We stayed inside the reef for dive 2 at Hol Chan. Deepest I got was 20 feet, so the whole thing was a safety stop . Still saw tons of grunts and snappers another stingray. Rudy saw a sharp nose bat fish but I missed it. Still a decent dive. Any day on the dive boat is better than one at the office! Will post an update tomorrow. Stay wet and salty my friends!
Monroe, La to Houston to Belize City to San Pedro. Easy flights, no issues. . Made it to San Pedro and Yvette met us at the airport. Loaded up the luggage and a short golf cart ride later we were at Belizean Reef. Third floor condo is nice and clean. Not luxurious, but well maintained and has everything we need. Ran to the grocery store for coffee and snacks and stuff for sandwiches. I was really surprised at the lack of selection on produce and fresh foods but maybe there is a bigger store somewhere. Watched a little tv, unpacked and headed to bed.
Day two. 4-30-16
Woke to heavy cloud cover and high winds at 22 mph. Didn't know if we would dive or not. Island Divers picked us up at the dock in front of the condo and we went to their shop to do paperwork and gear up. The boat ride out to the reef was crazy. We had 12 foot swells. It was like a roller coaster and one big wave broke over the bow and we all got unseated. We made it out, geared up and back roll into the water at San Pedro Canyons. On my decent there was a pretty nurse shark right below me. Probably 6 feet. A couple more showed up and all three shadowed us the whole dive. I could tell someone has been giving them treats because they weren't afraid of us at all. I also saw a big green sea turtle and a little one, a stingray, caught a glimpse of a couple Dolphins. Saw some fairy basslets which are my favorite little fish, parrotfish, a nice sized silver grouper, gray angelfish, queen triggerfish, a big crab, a box fish, squirrelfish and lots of little reef fish. We hung around the mooring line for a while and more nurse sharks showed up. While at our safety stop there were 9 circling below us with the largest being about 12 feet. It was tricky getting back in the boat with the huge swells, but we all made it. Even with taking Dramamine Andy barfed up his breakfast of course. In those seas I would have been shocked if he didn't. I was fine. No feeding the fish for me. Coming back in wasn't as harrowing since we kinda surfed the big swells back rather than hitting them head on.
We stayed inside the reef for dive 2 at Hol Chan. Deepest I got was 20 feet, so the whole thing was a safety stop . Still saw tons of grunts and snappers another stingray. Rudy saw a sharp nose bat fish but I missed it. Still a decent dive. Any day on the dive boat is better than one at the office! Will post an update tomorrow. Stay wet and salty my friends!
