SCUBA dive off the back end of Great Thatch Island this afternoon.

t was nice to be in West End on a Sunday. There were not as many ferry boats to try and capsize us this morning....I am sure they will make up for it tomorrow morning though.
We made a quick tour around the bay, looking to see what boats were up in the harbour, and nothing new... Same old wreck that has been there forever...

Could get closer to it though as there was not so many boats in the way to look at it!

Went over to Jost for a short while and then Bazza said I could go for a dive. I jumped in on the north side of Great Thatch, and the water was fairly murky, but there was quite a bit of fish and bird action.

I saw Barracuda, Turtles, Sting Rays, Permits, Rainbow Runners, and this nice Eagle Ray... There were so many particles in the water I decided to go with NOT cleaning up the noise and instead made him look like he is flying through outer space (perhaps I have too much time on my hands!!)

The Spade Fish are always so friendly when you see them, THEY posed for me quite nicely...

Lots of Basket Stars, that will come out tonight and be gorgeous. I was almost tempted to get in the water tonight, but I sat down for awhile and that thought went away...

Went up shallow and the hard coral here was strange. There was some VERY healthy, and then next to it there would be one that was totally dead, and then the next one would be half and half...Not sure if it was coming or going!






A rainbow Runner looking for dinner...


Bazza was talking to Foxy this afternoon. We have always liked his boat "Ocean Fox" (well, Bazza thinks it would be a great "water workshop" for him with all these toys he is building. The guests may object to tripping over all his half built toys on Promenade). Foxy wants to get someone to take the boat out fishing, as, apparently when he bought it, it then spent a year in drydock having work done. I won't say how much he says it costs, but lets just say you could comfortably buy yourself a BRAND new one of those boats!
He is hoping to get some money back out of it that way. Just in case anyone is looking for a job as a fisherman! He wants to run some deep pots (like 700 feet) and do some tuna fishing.. (but then again, last year when he showed us his boat he wanted to take it up to Anegada and do some longlining with someone up there, so it could sit in Great Harbour for another year or two.....