STRAIGHT FROM THE CANADIAN ROCKIES May 5

a gorgeous day, with mild breezes, and blue skies as our backdrop for today’s adventures!  with old friend Kiwi Harry wanting to see some sharks, we decided to moor up at baby barge and visit the shark cave (70 feet), as i had seen some there recently!  no sharks, but we saw several morays, including a green head getting his teeth cleaned by a banded coral shrimp.  fantastic to watch this symbiotic relation as the shrimp climbs around and into the moray’s unfriendly  jaws!  over at the wreck we found turtles napping and turtles grabbing some air.  out with me today, besides harry and greg, were Calgary natives Chad and Brooke .  with this being Brooke’s first salt water dive!  she had a blast seeing the huge turtles close up and personal on our drift of Fantasy Reef (Chad was happy to be hands-on with a juvenile spiky sea urchin, although handling a cushion starfish didn’t appeal to Brooke!! see photo below).  a mild current at 50 feet, with a lot of plankton in the water column gave us a real ocean experience as we saw more eels (zebra moray!! see photo), spiky puffer fish, barracuda (good eyes Harry!), lots of reef fish, and beautiful topography!  thanks to all for diving safe and smart!!  Larry