Diving Jan 16-19, 2017

Indigo Divers was booked with a morning charter for the entire week, so I got in 4 days of afternoon dives from Mon through Thurs. Friday afternoon was not possible because it would have been too close to our flight home on Saturday afternoon.
GrandCaymanDiving2017-001 Indigo Divers dock and the
1 Indigo Divers dock and the "Loo with a View of the Blue"
Little Tunnels dive site Grand Cayman First dive of the trip at Little Tunnels dive site. Huge cuts and channels in the reef at 60-70 ft open out to the open blue and the wall that descends another...
2 First dive of the trip at Little Tunnels dive site. Huge cuts and channels in the reef at 60-70 ft open out to the open blue and the wall that descends another…
Purple Club-Tipped Anemone Little Tunnels dive site, Grand Cayman Purple club-tipped anemone at Little Tunnels dive site
3 Purple club-tipped anemone at Little Tunnels dive site
School of White Margate Grunts School of White Margate Grunts
4 School of White Margate Grunts
GrandCaymanDiving2017-022 Gray Angelfish
5 Gray Angelfish
GrandCaymanDiving2017-026 View of the boat before descending down the bow line at Mitch Miller's Reef
6 View of the boat before descending down the bow line at Mitch Miller's Reef
Brittlestars draped inside a Purple Vase Sponge Mitch Miller's Reef, Grand Cayman Brittlestars draped inside a purple vase sponge at Mitch Miller's Reef.
7 Brittlestars draped inside a purple vase sponge at Mitch Miller's Reef.
GrandCaymanDiving2017-032 Leopard Flatworm free-swimming to a new resting spot. Not the best picture, since every time I made any slight motion it disturbed the water column and shifted...
8 Leopard Flatworm free-swimming to a new resting spot. Not the best picture, since every time I made any slight motion it disturbed the water column and shifted…
Valleys of the Moon, or rather a giant head of brain coral Valleys of the Moon, or rather a giant head of brain coral at Mitch Miller's Reef
9 Valleys of the Moon, or rather a giant head of brain coral at Mitch Miller's Reef
GrandCaymanDiving2017-041 Schoolmaster Snapper and some grunts under a head of brain coral
10 Schoolmaster Snapper and some grunts under a head of brain coral
Scrawled Filefish Mitch Miller's Reef, Grand Cayman Scrawled Filefish
11 Scrawled Filefish
Baby sea turtle Mitch Miller's Reef, Grand Cayman Baby sea turtle at Mitch Miller's Reef
12 Baby sea turtle at Mitch Miller's Reef
Baby turtle heading for the surface Mitch Miller's Reef, Grand Cayman Baby turtle heading for the surface
13 Baby turtle heading for the surface
GrandCaymanDiving2017-062 Southern Stingray on the sandy bottom with a hitchhiker on board
14 Southern Stingray on the sandy bottom with a hitchhiker on board
GrandCaymanDiving2017-071 Baby turtle at Dolphing Pt. Dropoff
15 Baby turtle at Dolphing Pt. Dropoff
Baby turtle Baby turtle
16 Baby turtle
GrandCaymanDiving2017-080 Same baby turtle was still hanging out at the mooring towards the end of the dive
17 Same baby turtle was still hanging out at the mooring towards the end of the dive
Baby Turtle Baby Turtle
18 Baby Turtle
GrandCaymanDiving2017-102 Banded Coral Shrimp at the Thirteen Trees dive site
19 Banded Coral Shrimp at the Thirteen Trees dive site
GrandCaymanDiving2017-106 Banded Butterflyfish
20 Banded Butterflyfish