Certification Day on the Southeast Side 4/7/14

It was a great day with just a couple of divers on the boat today finishing their PADI open water certification this afternoon. Joan and Jackson were the only divers today as we headed out to Anglers Reef for the first dive today. It was a little windy out but the water was crystal clear. We dropped down with 80+ ft viz and right away found a baby frogfish sitting on the bottom. Swimming along the reef we found a large yellow margin morey and a few smaller eels about. There was also a large helmet snail and reef fish swimming about.

For the second dive we hit Turtle Canyons. It is a great shallow reef area with small reef fish all about. There were juvenile tangs, wrasses, and butterflyfish everywhere. We also found a green sea turtle resting on the bottom. Right before the end of the dive we found a baby octopus hiding out in the coral. Congratulations to Joan and Jackson for finishing the certification today.