Our Friday Photo dive took us to the south sand patch of the Casuarina Point Reef off Don Foster's Dive Cayman.
Conditions were excellent, no current, great visibility and lot of fish activity.
Our starting focus was on looking for high outcrops of corals with sponges, fans and fish that allowed us to shoot upwards into the natural sun light. However soon we were distracted by the activity close to the sand and low to the ground. An aggregation of barracudas almost touching the bottom, with a very clear camouflaged tone to conceal themselves, were waiting for unsuspected pray. Further down, the elusive Pipe Fish was meandering along rubble and sand. Then a Hermit Crab was moving along pretty fast from mound of sand to mound of sand, feeding.
Razor Fish were diving in and popping out of the sand by the dozens. It is amazing how much activity we can find in a few square feet of sand!
