March 3rd!

Milky visibility, great dive though! A big Turtle eating a sponge while Damsel fish relentless attacked her to defend their territory. We watched this event for over 15 minutes. Spanish Hog Fish and Queen Angels joined the fest, all trying to eat the same sponge.

Also I experienced a close encounter with a Harlequin Bass. He was very interested on my camera lens and kept on coming right up to the Port. I could seen from the other side of the lens bumping the glass and getting annoyed. I tried my best to get some good shots of him but, he was so close that my lens could not focus on such a short distance.

Over all we saw lot of fish and very active right now as there is a lot of food going by in the water column.

Until next dive!

Friday March 2nd.

The reef was very active with jelly fish and plankton activity. The fish were really happy munching all what was going by. Diving was pretty fun however we had to pay close attention to the long string of siphonophors (sorry for thee wrong spelling!) not to get caught on our necks, arms, ankles or camera equipment. They do sting!

We had a great interaction with two Tiger Groupers fighting for territory. They used us as shelter and swam around us on a hide and seek dance. Later on we saw them at their natural cleaning station. Although they did let us get real close for pics, our job taking them was not that great (judging by the results at home!).

Almost two hours of great fun!

Until next one!