Martha and I left the apartment at 6:10 and got to the beach about 6:20 am. We went up to Tower 17 and parked just in front of our usual parking spot. We geared up and headed for the water about 6:30 am and got to the buoy line about 7:00 am. We descended at 7:11 am
We swam East to the two little coral heads that formed the first part of the gunsight. We then swam East to the forward sight and were right on the Gray Mid-way rock. Along the way I saw and photographed these two Sharpnose Pufferfish (Canthigaster rostrata) who could be either flirting or fighting.
I got some pictures of this Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) in front of the Gray Mid-Way Rock then we swam North to the Big Coral Knoll where
Martha spotted a Spotted Moray Eel (Gymnothorax moringa).
I found a Goldentail Moray Eel (Gymnothorax miliaris) hiding in the Southern ledge of the Knoll.
Just as we turned the dive at 1200 psi, we came upon a pair of Atlantic Spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber), one of which came in for a nice close up shot.
We no sooner left the Spadefish and Martha spotted this juvenile Peacock Flounder (Bothus lunatus) (below)
Right after we swam away from the Flounder, we found a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) and I got some pictures of Martha and the turtle swimming together.
I had 1000 psi left in my tank at the 2 hour mark. I surfaced to find that we were just off the beach then descended to swim West to the beach.
We surfaced at 9:39 am. Our dive time was 147 minutes at a maximum depth of 19.9 feet. My Actual Consumption was 18.59 psi/minute; my SAC was 12.78 psi/minute and my Residual Minute Volume was .33 cubic feet /minute.
My first hour cost me 1000 psi and the second hour cost just a fraction more. Bill was on the Tower when we got back. Both of us got out of the water on our own power. It was a good dive.
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