SeaZen

We left Black Point and went to Big Majors Spot. It was the land of swimming pigs and land pigs. Yes, sir they come up to your dinghy or in this case swim up and see if you have any food for them. They will climb into your dinghy and it is kind of scary. I like the little ones: they’re cute, their poop is small, and so is everything about them. Also when we were there we went to Thunder Ball Cave, t he one in the James Bond movie, ThunderBall. It was a good, day nice and hot. The water felt warm. It felt like I was swimming into the unknown. The light in the cave was a shadowy light casting shadows all over the walls. There was a little current in the cave. The cave was a huge cavern with a few over hangs that had a small or large room. The cave water was about 10-15 feet deep. The bottom was rock but not jagged with some sand mixed in. There was a little exit that you could swim into and dive under the water and out of the cave. There were all kinds of fish like Nassau grouper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Squirrel Fish, Queen Angels, Gray Angels, French Grunts, Sergeant Majors, all other fish of all shapes and sizes. We saw all types of coral in the cave and under it. I was not really paying attention to the coral. I found a little part in the cave that you had to wiggle into to get to the entrance but it was more fun than the easier way in. It was compact and very interesting. You had to move your body in a certain way in order to get through. It was really multitasking. It was a different environment than the cave you saw a lot of things up close and personal.

Our friends Paul & Malinda told us about a ray hole. The hole was on the opposite side of Big Majors in a cut between the open ocean sound and the Bahama bank. The hole was about 40 feet deep and about 90 feet around. On one side the incline was not steep and there was a deep drop on the other side. It was the best!!!. This is where the spotted Eagle Rays like to hang out! We had to drift dive here due to the current and waves coming in from the sound. We went up above the hole and we dove in and tied the dinghy to dad and we floated over the hole with the current and held onto or stayed close by the dinghy. It was amazing! It was like being on a high mountain and looking in a canyon and watching eagles fly. We had a great time.

The next move was to Little Halls Pond Key. We came in and the first thing I did was to jump into the water. We stayed there for 2 days. During those 2 days we dived on a plane that was under water. We also went to a underwater reef that the park calls a sea aquarium because there are so many fish . Great!!! We went to a dinghy mooring and tied up. The Sea Aquarium was a good free dive. A free dive is when you take a breath and go down to a depth of 5 or more. I like seeing the things under water at the fishes’ level. I saw so many fish of all shapes and sizes, like Nassau grouper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Queen Angels, Gray Angels, and Sergeant Majors. We saw a lobster that was huge. It looked like a Maine lobster but no claws and the color is a copper color.

After Halls Pond Key we went to Warderick Wells again. We are headed north. We pulled in and did not do anything for the first day. The next day we had a great breakfast with our friends Dee & Ed on the ship, Sea Fox X. The breakfast was fantastic!!! We had pancakes with pears and apples inside, coconut on top, and an orange sauce all over it. Next on the list was to go snorkeling at a place called Judy’s Reef. but we saw a shark and went to a different place called the Rangers Garden. The reef was covered in coral and fish. They were most of the same fish as we have seen. It was patchy and there were big coral heads and little ones. We saw so many big Lobsters!!!!! Like 10 -15 I think!

We came back to the boat because of current. Dad and I went to a Powwow. We brought cake that mom made. Mom stayed on the boat to rest. It was a lot of fun. There was a lot of people there and I met a lot of new people and got to see some old ones.