Tuesday, December 1, 2009

A Bonus Day in the Dink


 Before I get started on what today was like, I'll point out that on the left here, we have a nurse shark that is about 3 feet long swimming along the shoreline.
 So when we say we see sharks, we are not messin' with you. We really see them. This time we were a bit less awe struck since we were looking for fish and found them. When we saw the Bull sharks swimming under the boat at night, we were caught up in the moment knowing that night time is feeding time and we were wondering how many snapper they would catch under our boat.
 Next time we'll be more alert.

 Today we had east wind that was very calm. That being the case we took the Avon for a ride to the Southern tip of Guana, peeked out at the Atlantic, and turned around. There was a bit of a swell and while it looked calm enough we opted to stay inside. That being the case we worked our way back North and then went over to Fish Cays. In the middle of the Sea of Abaco. On the way over we saw two golf carts on the bottom that were now part of an artificial reef. Personally I think a gang of folks had a good time at Nippers and had a bad drive home.
 Anyway,
 It was a great ride over and when we got there we were pleasantly surprised to see some coral and plenty of fish swimming around. Maybe that had something to do with the name. Once done with Fish Cays we returned back to Guana and went over to Grabbers for lunch. Along with lunch we had a couple of frozen Grabbers to wash down the food. You know what Captain Ron says.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcsr0wt4wk

 And then took off in the dink again. We went back South since Deb wanted to see the coral off one of the houses again. What she did not know, was what I had in store for her. Yup. We went back out to the Atlantic and all the way around Guana Cay (see the GPS data).
 The North end of Guana Cay has some really terrific snorkeling that we will have to try out. There was coral everywhere and the water was flat. It was also crystal clear so that while driving I could see everything Deb did even though she had the advantage of a view bucket.
 Upon returning to the Sea of Abaco at the North end of Guana Deb said "you know if it wasn't for those two Grabbers I would have never let you do that". Meaning, go out in the Atlantic and around the island.
 I said, I know.
 And with that we continued on back to the marina.
 Here's Nippers from the Ocean

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

3 foot nurse shark is not quite a "man-eater"

Dan said...

That's right. Nurse sharks are not. But I'll wager the Bull sharks I was referring to in that light are.
There was a Discovery Channel special on Walkers Cay that had some graphic video of what a Bull shark will do to you.
What get's me is that the people were dumb enough to stand there and tempt it.
Here is a video I found that has some pretty graphic content.

http://www.jokeroo.com/video/extreme/shark-attack.html

So are you saying Bull sharks don't eat people? NOT!

climbhighak said...

You need a diving cage to get some good pics for us blog readers. You could probably rig one up cheap with some chicken wire.