Megan Gauthier and I dive the Big Coral Knoll
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| Megan |
Sent Megan a text yesterday evening confirming that we could meet at 7:30 am and get in the water by 8:00 am. Didn't hear from her until this morning when she texted that she was on her way.
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| Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) |
We got to the beach and my favorite parking spot was open behind Tower 17. We geared up and got in the water. Swam out on a 100-degree bearing and descended at the buoy line at 8:26 am.
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| French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum) |
Had a moderate South current, but overcompensated on the way out. ended up at a coral head just West of the Swept Rock.
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| Smooth Trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter) |
Megan took the flag, but wrapped it around something and let out most of the line as she swam along. We reeled it back in but had to swim back to where it had gotten hung up initially. I thought we might be lost, but we swam back to the coral head.
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| Black Margate (Anisotremus surinamensis) |
From there we swam to the Perpendicular Rocks, then South past the Swept Rock and from there to the Big Coral Knoll.
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| Juvenile Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus) |
Swam Clockwise around the Knoll shooting pictures. then headed South to the fish Camp Rocks. Saw a small Nurse Shark under one of the Fish Camp Rocks, but he was hunkered down and I could not get a shot of him. Got some shots of Grey and Yellowtail Snappers and this shot of a Juvenile Blue Tang.
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| Gray Angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus) |
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| Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus) |
Dive time was 87 minutes, maximum depth was 20.3 feet, and bottom temperature was 75.2 degrees. My Surface Air Consumption rate was 20.27 psi per minute and the RMV was 0.52 cubic feet per minute. Burned through a lot of air.
My pictures are published on Google Photos at the following link: 17 March 2019 The Big Coral Knoll
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