1 Thursday afternoon I did the classroom work for an advanced Nitrox course with Dive BVI. Friday morning were my first dives breathing Nitrox, followed by 3 more…
2 Friday's second dive was at Alice's Backdoor off of Ginger Island. It is a relatively shallow site, with maximum depth of 50-60 feet.
3 Blue Chromis schooling around a coral head
4 A closer view of the Blue Chromis. Because I did not have the flash properly syncing with the camera yet, I tried to take as many pictures as possible using…
5 A Porcupinefish swims by, a member of the puffer family
6 A school of Blue Tangs over the reef
7 This huge Caribbean Spiny Lobster was hiding in its hole
8 Sunday's second dive was at Coral Gardens, off of Great Dog Island. The site contains lots of coral heads and the remains of a plane fuselage. The plane wrecked…
9 We spotted a turtle swimming past scattered pieces of the plane wreck.
10 Little juveniles hover close to the reef for protection
11 Near the edge of the reef, a Sand Diver swims by. They are a member of the Lizardfish family.
12 The Sand Diver usually likes to bury itself in the sand with only its head showing, but this one was content to rest and pose for the photo.
13 A Blue Tang
14 A Trumpetfish disguising itself by hanging vertically among a gorgonian
15 A Smooth Trunkfish
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17 Encrustations on the rigging. I was using my new Olympus SP-350 with Nikonos SB-105 flash. However, it would still take me another day or two to get the flash…
18 I have no idea what these were doing by the wrecks. My guess is that someone thought they would make a nice addition to the scenery.
19 Friday morning's first dive was the wrecks of the Marie L and the Pat. The Marie L was a drug running boat and the Pat was a tugboat. They were sunk side by…
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