Roatan Trip Update #3
The diving so far has been fun and relatively easy…the seas are almost flat calm with little wind. The afternoon dives get a little more wavy, but not so much as to impair the diving. Tuesday we did four dives, including a night dive, which had a lot of surge. We spent most of the night dive in shallow water looking for octopus and toadfish. The first dive was a wreck dive in about 110 feet of water. All broken up, yet still offered some nice photo opportunities.
Looking up the mast
The second morning and the afternoon dives were done on shallower reefs, which afforded lots of bottom time. The great thing about the divemasters here is that they will wait for everyone to finish taking photos before continuing the dive.
As all the dive sites are within about 15 minutes from the resort, the boat trips give everyone just enough time to get suited up and before we know it, we are at the site. The water is still holding at about 81-82 degrees. We did get some brief rain showers on Tuesday when we got back from the second morning dive, which made us glad we brought our rain jackets. It’s amazing how people get crazy with a little rain…..we’re in the tropics! As promised, here are some photos:
French Angelfish
Turtle feeding on algae
French Angelfish
5 Area shipwrecks may get protected status
I saw an interesting article this morning in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about 5 area shipwrecks that may get protected status under the National Register of Historic Places.
From the article:
The archaeological surveys and documentation will be used to nominate the five wrecks to the National Register of Historic Places, which will give them additional legal protection. Buoys will be placed at each site so dive boats can safely moor without harming the shipwreck.
..and the link: 5 area shipwrecks may get protected status