Necker Island and SCUBA diving and snorkeling at the Invisibles, a beautiful day

This was a sight to see first thing this morning! Brent tucking up his tshirt so it did not get dirty while he scrubbed potatoes! He did not really think this one should go on the blog, but...

We did not go far today but we had a very busy day anyways. We went over to Mosquito Island and Bazza took the women around for a dinghy tour by the mangroves looking for rays and turtles, anything they saw disappeared pretty quickly though!

After that it was over to Necker Island for another dinghy tour. The sun came out so the water and sky colors were very nice.



Necker Island has put out a few nice red chairs on their sand spit....

Which meant everyone had to pose for pictures!



The dinghy anchored on the spit. Apparently there were Terns laying their eggs on one end of it...

The boat in the background...

Ok, you know me I can never pick just ONE picture!





Nancy with a sea fan that was washed up on the beach....

And, I think, just perhaps, Peggy was here!

Just in case you ever wanted to know how the plastic palm trees are attached, here it is. These ones do not blow away as much as the real ones do!

After Necker, we took our pro snorkelers out to the Invisibles! They are really getting advanced now! Some random schools of fish...





I do have to say that there did not seem to be as many schools of fish as I was used to seeing, not sure what is going on there....Simeon did a nice long free dive, which is great for me taking silhouette shots...

And a few of our ladies on the surface...





I found this Nurse Shark sitting under the ledge, and I had one snorkeler above me, so I motioned that I had a shark....

And then tried to move him out so she could see him, which she did, but he did not want to move! She is watching....

Notice thought that this sharks skin is quite wrinkled, he seems to be very skinny, so not sure what the reason for that is...

I came across another smaller Nurse Shark...

An angelfish...

Trumpet Fish....

And just some more fun silhouetters,

Cathy reaching for the bottom! She was having diving lessons with Simeon...

After the Invisibles it was time to do ANOTHER snorkel at the cannons and THEN another dinghy tour...THis one of Deep and Oil Nut Bay... Apparently they saw lots, including several turtles that would come up beside them and they would all get so excited and scream that the turtle would immediately dive...
Then it was off to Saba Rock for a look around...





And then a trip over to Bitter End as well for a shopping trip before dinner...Told you it was a busy day!

I hear rumors of going out tonight, but who knows!