Princess Cays

Rob got up this morning and watched the sunrise. Other than the odd power-walker who hadn’t yet figured out how to relax, he was alone (Connie: Or so he says.) Afterwards he came back and we watched the boat pull into Princess Cays.

Connie stayed on board and started her suntan and Rob went ashore to go diving. He got to try out his new Data Mask which turned out to be really, really cool. He also took the underwater video camera but kept it in single shot mode. Not a lot of cool movement to film. He saw mostly purple and blue soft corals surrounded by dead, white coral. Most of the fish were small except for that large barracuda that investigated the group.

The site of the dive was called Borrin’hole and is about five minutes west of the dock. A small boat took everyone over. Before diving, the dive master told all of five of us that if he caught anyone heading down a hole or going through a low arch he would immediately escort them back to the boat. They are trying to encourage recovery in this area after many years of damage. Also, many of the holes were emitting fresh water and were tunnels that would lead back to the shore or into deep water complete with treacherous currents that would guarantee no exit.

Rob’s dive partner ended up being a guy named Dave from Australia who had brought a brand new camera with him. He was a little awkward with it. Rob burned up a lot of air on the surface getting Dave organized.

Once finally under the water Rob got a lot of cool pictures. Down in one of the really large holes, you could see (from a distance of course) larger fish circling. All in all, it was a great dive. Unfortunately, one of the filters Rob was experimenting with caused him to lose all of the red colors. He did get a bunch of great pics of a lionfish that worked well in black and white.

Connie: I got a great almost sunburn, just enough glow to know I had been in the sun. Rob and I both had massages in the afternoon with hot stones. Different. Bottom line was relaxation for me. Oh, and a Mai Tai. Or two.