March 27, 2014- Clearfin Lizard Fish Chomps a boxfish

Watching the world through a camera can be frustrating. You miss things, but you also capture things beyond our wildest dreams.  Today’s diving was a good example of this. Klaus and I dove with a group of divers consisting of Jack, Thyra, Brian, Diane, Glenn, Tom, Jesse, James, and Anna.  We dropped on LCU to find the sharks missing and the frog fish so disguised we couldn’t see it. Later I find out that Anna came face to face with a baby frog fish and a baby shark.  It seemed mother nature had her eye on someone in particular today.
Our second dive was at Spitting caves, we dropped into a bustling current that whipped us farther down the reef than I’ve ever been.  Along the ride we encounter a Clearfin Lizardfish who just snagged lunch (see movie clip), a white tip reef shark with a busted jaw holed up in a cave in front of an old school turtle.  I snap a couple go pro photos and proceed to record the moment.  Or so I thought. The shark and turtle start to get nervous from all the attention. The turtle asks the shark to move, the shark comes out at me just enough to capture his busted jaw and enough to allow the turtle escape to the surface.  The shark settles again and I look up to find a another turtle swimming over head. It was incredible!
I missed the whole thing on my Gopro, but got to see it first hand live and true.  Nothing beats a great day of diving.

Safe Diving,

Davy

 

Weather: Sunny with 2ft seas
Dive Sites: LCU & Spitting Caves
Dive Conditions: 60-8-ft viz, Temp: 76F
Marine Life: Sharks and LizardFish
Staff: Captain Kendal, Davy, Klaus, Crew-Mia