Because the next few days are going to be very blustery, we decided to take the fairly calm wind opportunity to go about 2 miles north in the dinghy to Sandy Cay (Pelican Harbour) to a nice snorkel spot. It's in a marine preserve area so you can't fish there.
We'd been to this spot before a couple of times - others were using the same weather window to enjoy. There are about 5 mooring balls for dinghy tie-up which is nice.
It was a lovely snorkel....I will just share lots of photos with little commentary.
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Loved to see the healthy elkhorn coral, the first we've seen this year.
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One of my favorites - a school of blue tangs.
The tangs feeding on the coral.
A school of some sort of pampano I believe.
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Blue parrotfish - completely different coloring vs the normal "rainbow" parrotfish that we see swimming alone on the reefs regularly.
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I was thrilled to be able to get a good photo of a rainbow parrotfish. They normally are pretty elusive and tend to swim away from a camera. I did notice the fish in the marine park were less "shy" - I assume because they know we're not going to spear them!!
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Ross and Phyllis from Kohina came over for a relaxing sundown. We're all set for 30 knots from the east that we'll be seeing in the morning. Will probably be a day in the sling-seat with my Kindle.
Stunning underwater photos.
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