May 4, 2008 - "United Caribbean" and "Turtle Ledge"

Hello again!

Sunday May 4 finds the Video Dude, along with number one dive buddy (and Scuba Goddess) Terri, heading out aboard Parrot Island Scuba's "Fish Food" to do a wreck dive on the "United Caribbean" and a drift dive on "Turtle Ledge". It was an awesome day weatherwise, sunny and nearly flat seas, as Captain Mike headed us over to the wreck in record time.

After divemaster Dale goes down and ties off to the wreck, Terri and I jump down to the wreck and check out all the action going on. We did several penetrations of the wreck (I passed on one or two of them!) and got to explore some areas of the wreck that we had not ever seen before. There wasn't a lot of fish activity that day, but we both found some nice shells (a cowrie and a couple of olive shells) and we saw a Stingray sail by while we were headed to the ascent line.

After our surface interval, we arrive at "Turtle Ledge" for our drift dive. This time Terri and I are joined by new Nitrox diver Jennifer, and we get ready to jump in. When we arrive on the reef, there is a slight north current and visibility was about 60ft. We're drifting along taking it easy and looking at Lobster, Spotted Filefish, a Green Moray Eel, and I saw a VW bug go swimming by (actually it was a HUGE Loggerhead with a couple of Remora hanging off it's shell). What an awesome sight! I've only now seen 2 Loggerheads in my diving career and they just amaze me with their size and grace. Terri also found a couple of Arrow Crabs which we showed Jennifer, and then it was time to come up.

Another great day of diving with (old and new) friends in Paradise!

The Video Dude