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| Sunrise on the beach |
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| The beach from the water |
We parked 2 spaces North of our favorite spot. As folks left, however, we moved South first one and then the second space so we were right where we had hoped to be.
Luis got to the beach a little before 8:00 and Leo came last but was able to park in the spot where we first parked.
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| Juvenile French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) |
weights and manage to put the BCD on.
We descended at 8:40 am, but I had forgotten to open my tank valve so I headed back to the surface as I reached back and tried to turn on the air. The valve was stuck, so I had to surface and remove my BCD in order to open the tank valve.
Once the valve was open, I descended again and we headed East to the Gray Mid-way Rock, but we got set to the North. I spotted the Perpendicular Rocks about the time I expected to see the Gray Mid-way Rock. We went there, then past to the Swept Rock and to the Big Coral Knoll.
No turtles to be seen today, but lots of grunts and some parrotfish on the West end of the Knoll. Made a couple of passes and took some pictures, but decided to swim South over to the Fish Camp Rocks instead of staying on the Knoll.
Bottom time was 123 minutes; SAC was 15.15 psi/minute and RMV was 0.38 ft3/minute. This time I walked out of the water and onto the beach all the way to the truck.
So she was standing in the water holding all of this stuff when we finally got geared up and were ready to get in the water.
We descended at 8:40 am, but I had forgotten to open my tank valve so I headed back to the surface as I reached back and tried to turn on the air. The valve was stuck, so I had to surface and remove my BCD in order to open the tank valve.
Once the valve was open, I descended again and we headed East to the Gray Mid-way Rock, but we got set to the North. I spotted the Perpendicular Rocks about the time I expected to see the Gray Mid-way Rock. We went there, then past to the Swept Rock and to the Big Coral Knoll.
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| Redband Parrotfish (Sparisoma aurofrenatum) |
No turtles to be seen today, but lots of grunts and some parrotfish on the West end of the Knoll. Made a couple of passes and took some pictures, but decided to swim South over to the Fish Camp Rocks instead of staying on the Knoll.
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| Graysby (Cephalopholis cruentatus) |
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| Gray Snapper (Lutjanus griseus) and two Mahogany Snappers (Lutfanus mahogoni) |
My camera stopped working. The screen said that the 2nd card was not readable and the camera would not let me take any pictures until I removed and reseated the 2nd card. I could not do this underwater or while floating at the surface, so I shut it off and folded it up. I carried the camera as we toured the Fish Camp Rocks and then visited the Columnar Rock to the South and then swam back and to the beach.
Bottom time was 123 minutes; SAC was 15.15 psi/minute and RMV was 0.38 ft3/minute. This time I walked out of the water and onto the beach all the way to the truck.
